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{
"time": "2026-04-17 11:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Michael Barrett (Leeds\u2014Grenville\u2014Thousand Islands\u2014Rideau Lakes, CPC)",
"fr": "Michael Barrett (Leeds\u2014Grenville\u2014Thousand Islands\u2014Rideau Lakes, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9263904\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the <a data-HoCid=\"322413\" href=\"/politicians/steven-mackinnon/\" title=\"Steven MacKinnon\">transport minister</a> said that anyone who speaks out against the land expropriation, environmental devastation or sham consultation in its $90-billion Alto project should be ashamed. I will tell this House that I am proud to stand with people like Dave Brown, his wife Carole, the Brown's Marina and the people of Chaffey's Lock, Rideau Lakes and Eastern Ontario who are rightly fearful for their family homes, their farms, their businesses and their way of life.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9263905\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The Liberals have an opportunity to do the right thing and to cancel a project that's going to devastate communities as well as families, just like Dave and Carole.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9263904\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, hier, le <a data-HoCid=\"322413\" href=\"/politicians/steven-mackinnon/\" title=\"Steven MacKinnon\">ministre des Transports</a> a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que quiconque d\u00e9nonce l'expropriation de terres, les vastes dommages \u00e0 l'environnement ou les consultations bidon dans le cadre du projet Alto de 90 milliards de dollars devrait avoir honte. Je dirai \u00e0 la Chambre que je suis fier d'\u00eatre solidaire de gens comme Dave Brown et son \u00e9pouse, Carole, comme les gens de Brown's Marina et les habitants de Chaffey's Lock, de Rideau Lakes et de l'Est de l'Ontario, qui craignent \u00e0 juste titre pour leur maison familiale, leur ferme, leur entreprise et leur mode de vie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9263905\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux peuvent choisir de faire la chose juste en annulant un projet qui va d\u00e9vaster des collectivit\u00e9s et des familles, comme celle de Dave et Carole.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/4/17/michael-barrett-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-barrett/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4753/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13449963",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Rail Transportation",
"fr": "Le transport ferroviaire"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/4/17/",
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}
}