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{
    "time": "2023-04-24 15:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Rick Perkins (South Shore\u2014St. Margarets, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Rick Perkins (South Shore\u2014St. Margarets, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7706251\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the DFO's elver science is done on the East River-Chester, the only river. Elver harvesters have been begging the DFO to monitor and enforce the law on that river, yet poaching is happening every night. I personally observed that for the last three nights. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7706252\" data-originallang=\"en\">During the open legal season and since the closure, no one from the DFO has been on that river. If members can believe it, DFO enforcement proactively called the licence-holder this morning to say that it would not be monitoring the river for either law enforcement breaches or science. Why is this the case? </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7706251\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le minist\u00e8re des P\u00eaches et des Oc\u00e9ans m\u00e8ne ses \u00e9tudes scientifiques sur la civelle seulement dans la rivi\u00e8re East, \u00e0 Chester. Les p\u00eacheurs de civelle supplient le minist\u00e8re de faire de la surveillance et d'appliquer la loi sur cette rivi\u00e8re. Or, le braconnage y est pratiqu\u00e9 tous les soirs. Je l'ai constat\u00e9 moi-m\u00eame ces trois derniers soirs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7706252\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pendant la saison l\u00e9gale et depuis sa fermeture, aucun repr\u00e9sentant du minist\u00e8re des P\u00eaches et des Oc\u00e9ans ne s'est rendu sur cette rivi\u00e8re. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s auront peut-\u00eatre de la difficult\u00e9 \u00e0 le croire, mais le personnel d'application des r\u00e8glements du minist\u00e8re a communiqu\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on proactive avec les d\u00e9tenteurs de permis ce matin pour les informer qu'il ne surveillera pas la rivi\u00e8re, que ce soit pour relever les violations ou mener des \u00e9tudes scientifiques. Pourquoi est-ce le cas?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/4/24/rick-perkins-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/rick-perkins/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4639/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12154826",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Fisheries and Oceans",
        "fr": "Les p\u00eaches et les oc\u00e9ans"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/4/24/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F4%2F24%2F"
    }
}