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{
"time": "2025-10-03 11:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Alexis Desch\u00eanes (Gasp\u00e9sie\u2014Les \u00celes-de-la-Madeleine\u2014Listuguj, BQ)",
"fr": "Alexis Desch\u00eanes (Gasp\u00e9sie\u2014Les \u00celes-de-la-Madeleine\u2014Listuguj, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8892065\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, let us hope that the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a>'s trip to Washington next Tuesday will be more fruitful, because so far, Canada has been negotiating so poorly that it is easier to import European lumber into the United States than Quebec lumber.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8892066\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In the meantime, the assistance for the sector is stuck in Ottawa's coffers, while Quebec's entire forestry industry is in jeopardy. Tariffs have caused the price of lumber to drop by 15% since July across the board, even for companies that do not do business in the United States. Our sawmills are operating at a loss, even when they sell domestically.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8892067\" data-originallang=\"fr\">When will the federal government get the financial support out the door?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8892065\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, esp\u00e9rons que le voyage du <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> \u00e0 Washington mardi prochain sera plus fructueux, parce qu'\u00e0 date, le Canada n\u00e9gocie tellement mal que le bois europ\u00e9en rentre plus facilement aux \u00c9tats\u2011Unis que le bois du Qu\u00e9bec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8892066\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Entretemps, l'aide reste coinc\u00e9e dans les coffres \u00e0 Ottawa, alors que toute l'industrie foresti\u00e8re qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise est en p\u00e9ril. Les droits de douane ont fait chuter le prix du bois de 15 % depuis juillet pour tout le monde, m\u00eame pour nos entreprises qui ne font pas affaire aux \u00c9tats\u2011Unis. Nos scieries travaillent \u00e0 perte, m\u00eame quand elles vendent chez nous.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8892067\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Quand le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral va-t-il d\u00e9bloquer du soutien financier?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/3/alexis-deschenes-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alexis-deschenes/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4698/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13155622",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Forestry Industry",
"fr": "L'industrie foresti\u00e8re"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/3/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F3%2F"
}
}