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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2023-06-20 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, GP)",
"fr": "Mme Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, PV)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7881618\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as we approach the recess for the summer months, I usually look forward to a time of peace and reflection and to enjoying good weather, but this summer will be different. Due to the baked-in increase in temperatures resulting from our addiction to fossil fuels and our failure to act, we are going to have a rough summer. To all of my colleagues and everyone in their constituencies, I hope that they are spared climate events that are terrifying. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7881619\" data-originallang=\"en\">We know that the rest of the summer will continue hot and dry, which means more forest fires. In some places, it will be hot and wet. The Atlantic basin is hotter than it has ever been, which suggests that we are going to have a worse hurricane season. We are looking at climate threats of all kinds, and at this point we can only ask that we take care of each other, fortify our communities in resilience, and finally act to address the climate crisis.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7881618\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 l'approche de l'ajournement d'\u00e9t\u00e9, je me r\u00e9jouis habituellement \u00e0 l'id\u00e9e de passer un moment de paix et de r\u00e9flexion et de profiter du beau temps, mais cet \u00e9t\u00e9 sera diff\u00e9rent. En raison de l'augmentation intrins\u00e8que des temp\u00e9ratures qui d\u00e9coule de notre d\u00e9pendance aux combustibles fossiles et de notre incapacit\u00e9 \u00e0 agir, nous allons conna\u00eetre un \u00e9t\u00e9 difficile. J'esp\u00e8re que tous mes coll\u00e8gues et tous les gens dans leurs circonscriptions n'auront pas \u00e0 vivre des \u00e9v\u00e9nements climatiques terrifiants. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7881619\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous savons que le reste de l'\u00e9t\u00e9 continuera d'\u00eatre chaud et sec, ce qui entra\u00eenera une recrudescence des incendies de for\u00eat. Dans certaines r\u00e9gions, l'\u00e9t\u00e9 sera chaud et humide. Les temp\u00e9ratures dans le bassin de l'Atlantique sont plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es qu'elles ne l'ont jamais \u00e9t\u00e9, ce qui laisse pr\u00e9sager une mauvaise saison des ouragans. Nous sommes confront\u00e9s \u00e0 toutes sortes de menaces climatiques et, \u00e0 ce stade, nous ne pouvons que demander aux Canadiens de prendre soin les uns des autres, de renforcer la r\u00e9silience de nos collectivit\u00e9s et, enfin, de prendre des mesures pour lutter contre la crise climatique.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/6/20/elizabeth-may-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12308920",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Climate Change",
"fr": "Le changement climatique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/6/20/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F6%2F20%2F"
}
}