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{
"time": "2026-06-11 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NDP)",
"fr": "Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9400910\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, Canada's national shipbuilding strategy focuses on building and maintaining vessels, but there is no plan for responsibly retiring them. More than 900 derelict and end-of-life vessels sit off B.C.'s coast, threatening the marine environment. While aging navy and Coast Guard vessels approach retirement, Canada lacks the capacity to safely recycle them here at home.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9400911\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">Prime Minister</a> finally commit to investing in dry dock infrastructure, in world-class ship recycling facilities and in regulations, and make ship recycling a core component of the national shipbuilding strategy?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9400910\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la Strat\u00e9gie nationale de construction navale met l'accent sur la construction et l'entretien des navires, mais ne pr\u00e9voit aucun plan pour les \u00e9liminer de mani\u00e8re responsable. Plus de 900 navires abandonn\u00e9s ou en fin de vie se trouvent au large des c\u00f4tes de la Colombie-Britannique, mena\u00e7ant l'environnement marin. Alors que les navires vieillissants de la marine et de la Garde c\u00f4ti\u00e8re approchent de la fin de leur vie utile, le Canada n'a pas la capacit\u00e9 de les recycler en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9 sur son territoire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9400911\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"314774\" href=\"/politicians/mark-carney/\" title=\"Mark Carney\">premier ministre</a> s'engagera-t-il enfin \u00e0 investir dans des infrastructures de cales s\u00e8ches, dans des installations de recyclage de navires de classe mondiale et dans la r\u00e9glementation, et fera-t-il du recyclage des navires un \u00e9l\u00e9ment central de la Strat\u00e9gie nationale de construction navale?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/11/gord-johns-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gord-johns/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4237/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13574786",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Marine Transportation",
"fr": "Le transport maritime"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/11/",
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}
}