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{
"time": "2026-06-17 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Jonathan Rowe (Terra Nova\u2014The Peninsulas, CPC)",
"fr": "Jonathan Rowe (Terra Nova\u2014Les P\u00e9ninsules, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416379\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I do not think Saint Pierre and Miquelon was even mentioned in that answer. I do not think that answer is very good for the next generation or very comforting to the next generation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416380\" data-originallang=\"en\">Critical minerals, for example, are critical to the country's development and future. It seems that the Liberal government claims to spend millions of dollars in hard-to-reach places that require huge construction of roads, ports and highways. If these are national building projects, why does the government not invest in critical minerals in Newfoundland and Labrador, including in Port Hope Simpson, which is already at tidewater, already has highways and already has the infrastructure and everything needed to succeed?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416379\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si je ne m'abuse, monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le nom Saint\u2011Pierre\u2011et-Miquelon n'a m\u00eame pas \u00e9t\u00e9 mentionn\u00e9 dans cette r\u00e9ponse. Je doute que cette r\u00e9ponse satisfasse vraiment la prochaine g\u00e9n\u00e9ration ou qu'elle rassure beaucoup la prochaine g\u00e9n\u00e9ration.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416380\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les min\u00e9raux critiques, par exemple, sont essentiels au d\u00e9veloppement et \u00e0 l'avenir de notre pays. Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral semble donner l'impression qu'il d\u00e9pense des millions de dollars dans des endroits difficiles d'acc\u00e8s o\u00f9 des travaux d'envergure s'imposent afin d'am\u00e9nager des rues, des ports et des routes. S'il est bel et bien question de projets d'envergure nationale, pourquoi le gouvernement n'investit-il pas dans les min\u00e9raux critiques qu'on trouve \u00e0 Terre\u2011Neuve\u2011et-Labrador? Pensons notamment \u00e0 Port Hope Simpson, une localit\u00e9 qui donne d\u00e9j\u00e0 sur la mer, qui a d\u00e9j\u00e0 des routes et qui dispose d\u00e9j\u00e0 des infrastructures et de tout ce qu'il faut pour que ce soit un succ\u00e8s?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/jonathan-rowe-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jonathan-rowe/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4672/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13589461",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Natural Resources",
"fr": "Les ressources naturelles"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F6%2F17%2F"
}
}