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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2023-03-10 11:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mario Simard (Jonqui\u00e8re, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Mario Simard (Jonqui\u00e8re, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7628094\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, on March 1, Paper Excellence got its hands on Resolute Forest Products, a forestry industry giant that controls 25% of Quebec forests.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7628095\" data-originallang=\"fr\">If a buyer were to revitalize Resolute, which was investing very little in modernizing its facilities, that would be a good thing. However, an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, which includes CBC/Radio-Canada, gives us cause to doubt.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7628096\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Paper Excellence has ties to Asia Pulp & Paper, a corporation with dubious practices that is financed by the Chinese government. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7628097\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We want to know if the government did the necessary checks to ensure that the Chinese government is not indirectly controlling one-quarter of Quebec's forest resources.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7628094\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le 1<sup>er</sup> mars dernier, Papier Excellence a mis la main sur Produits forestiers R\u00e9solu, un g\u00e9ant de l'industrie foresti\u00e8re qui contr\u00f4le 25 % de la for\u00eat qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7628095\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Si un repreneur permettait de dynamiser R\u00e9solu, qui investissait vraiment tr\u00e8s peu dans la modernisation de ses installations, ce serait tr\u00e8s bien. Or, une enqu\u00eate du Consortium international des journalistes d'investigation, dont fait partie Radio\u2011Canada, s\u00e8me l'inqui\u00e9tude.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7628096\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Papier Excellence est li\u00e9e \u00e0 Asia Pulp & Paper, une entreprise aux pratiques douteuses financ\u00e9e par l'\u00c9tat chinois.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7628097\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous voulons savoir si le gouvernement a fait les v\u00e9rifications n\u00e9cessaires pour s'assurer que l'\u00c9tat chinois ne contr\u00f4le pas indirectement le quart de la for\u00eat qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/3/10/mario-simard-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mario-simard/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4566/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12093684",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Forestry Industry",
"fr": "L'industrie foresti\u00e8re"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/3/10/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F3%2F10%2F"
}
}