Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2025-09-23 14:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Randy Hoback (Prince Albert, CPC)",
        "fr": "Randy Hoback (Prince Albert, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8877406\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the riding of Prince Albert and the people of Saskatchewan have an esteemed agricultural history. Our farmers are proud exporters who help feed the world and improve food security for all. Unfortunately, punitive action taken by the Chinese Communist Party has unfairly targeted Canadian canola. In response to this unjust, unilateral behaviour, the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> sent a parliamentary secretary to Beijing. When the Conservative Party was in government, we sent the minister of agriculture because we recognized the importance of the canola industry to the Canadian economy. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8877407\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberal government fails to properly understand the significant negative impacts this Chinese trade action would have on Saskatchewan, our farmers and the Canadian economy. It is about time that our <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> recognizes the challenge at hand and shows Canada that our farmers and our jobs are worth fighting for. Will the Prime Minister show the resolve needed to defend our farmers and work to end the stalemate with Beijing, or will he just continue to roll over to China and sacrifice western Canadian farmers?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8877406\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la circonscription de Prince Albert et les habitants de la Saskatchewan ont une longue tradition agricole. Nos agriculteurs sont de fiers exportateurs qui contribuent \u00e0 nourrir la plan\u00e8te et \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire de tous. Malheureusement, les mesures punitives prises par le Parti communiste chinois ont injustement vis\u00e9 le canola canadien. En r\u00e9action \u00e0 cette d\u00e9cision injuste et unilat\u00e9rale, le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> a d\u00e9p\u00each\u00e9 un secr\u00e9taire parlementaire \u00e0 P\u00e9kin. Lorsque le Parti conservateur \u00e9tait au pouvoir, nous avons envoy\u00e9 le ministre de l'Agriculture, car nous sommes conscients de l'importance de l'industrie du canola pour l'\u00e9conomie canadienne. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8877407\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral ne semble pas comprendre les graves r\u00e9percussions que cette mesure commerciale chinoise aura sur la Saskatchewan, sur nos agriculteurs et sur l'\u00e9conomie canadienne. Il est grand temps que notre <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> reconnaisse l'importance de ce d\u00e9fi et montre au Canada que nos agriculteurs et nos emplois m\u00e9ritent qu'on se batte pour eux. Le premier ministre fera-t-il preuve de la d\u00e9termination n\u00e9cessaire pour d\u00e9fendre nos agriculteurs et mettre fin \u00e0 l'impasse avec P\u00e9kin, ou continuera-t-il de c\u00e9der \u00e0 la Chine et de sacrifier les agriculteurs de l'Ouest canadien?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2025/9/23/randy-hoback-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/randy-hoback/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1067/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13134035",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements by Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canola Industry",
        "fr": "L'industrie du canola"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2025/9/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F9%2F23%2F"
    }
}