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{
"time": "2023-03-23 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan\u2014West Kootenay, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Richard Cannings (Okanagan-Sud\u2014Kootenay-Ouest, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7651322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, just days after the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> met with President Biden in 2021, the U.S. announced it was doubling the duties on softwood lumber. Workers in communities that rely on Canada's forest industry are hoping for better this time.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7651323\" data-originallang=\"en\">The WTO agrees that we need a better deal. Is the softwood lumber deal on the agenda with the President? Will the billions in excess duties collected finally be returned to the forest industry?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7651322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, quelques jours apr\u00e8s la rencontre entre le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> et le pr\u00e9sident Biden en 2021, les \u00c9tats-Unis ont annonc\u00e9 qu'ils doubleraient les droits de douane sur le bois d'\u0153uvre. Dans les collectivit\u00e9s qui d\u00e9pendent de l'industrie foresti\u00e8re, les travailleurs esp\u00e8rent que les nouvelles seront plus r\u00e9jouissantes cette fois-ci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7651323\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'Organisation mondiale du commerce convient que nous avons besoin d'un meilleur accord. L'accord sur le bois d'\u0153uvre est-il au programme de la rencontre avec le pr\u00e9sident? Les milliards de dollars per\u00e7us en droits de douane suppl\u00e9mentaires seront-ils enfin rembours\u00e9s \u00e0 l'industrie foresti\u00e8re?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/3/23/richard-cannings-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/richard-cannings/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4216/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12111769",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Forestry Industry",
"fr": "L'industrie foresti\u00e8re"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/3/23/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F3%2F23%2F"
}
}