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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2025-09-26 12:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, GP)",
"fr": "Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, PV)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8883939\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, earlier this week, in Ottawa, I was honoured to meet with brave indigenous women from Guatemala, representing the Xinca people, who are fighting a Canadian silver mine in Escobal that is violating their rights. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8883940\" data-originallang=\"en\">I thought, right away, that I would go to the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, to see if they could investigate. They do not have good investigative tools. They do not have teeth in that office. Right now, however, the office is empty.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8883941\" data-originallang=\"en\">Can the hon. Minister of International Trade inform us when the new ombudsperson will be in place?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8883939\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, plus t\u00f4t cette semaine, \u00e0 Ottawa, j'ai eu l'honneur de rencontrer de courageuses femmes autochtones du Guat\u00e9mala, repr\u00e9sentant le peuple xinca, qui s'oppose \u00e0 l'exploitation de la mine d'argent canadienne d'Escobal parce qu'elle porte atteinte \u00e0 ses droits.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8883940\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'embl\u00e9e, j'ai pens\u00e9 faire appel au Bureau de l'ombudsman canadien de la responsabilit\u00e9 des entreprises pour voir s'il pouvait faire enqu\u00eate. Or, il ne dispose pas de bons outils d'enqu\u00eate. Il n'a aucun pouvoir. Qui plus est, \u00e0 l'heure actuelle, le poste est vacant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8883941\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le ministre du Commerce international pourrait-il nous dire quand le nouvel ombudsman sera nomm\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/9/26/elizabeth-may-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13145658",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "International Trade",
"fr": "Le commerce international"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/9/26/",
"related": {
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}
}