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"time": "2006-10-25 14:00:00",
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"en": "The Speaker",
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217381\" data-originallang=\"en\">It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem, led by the hon. member for <a data-HoCid=\"78803\" href=\"/politicians/larry-miller/\" title=\"Larry Miller\">Bruce\u2014Grey\u2014Owen Sound</a>.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"217382\">[<em>Members sang the national anthem</em>]</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217381\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme nous avons l'habitude de le faire le mercredi, nous allons maintenant chanter l'hymne national qui sera entonn\u00e9 par le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"78803\" href=\"/politicians/larry-miller/\" title=\"Larry Miller\">Bruce\u2014Grey\u2014Owen Sound</a>.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"217382\">[<em>Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s chantent l'hymne national.</em>]</p>"
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:00:00",
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"en": "Mr. Ron Cannan (Kelowna\u2014Lake Country, CPC)",
"fr": ""
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217383\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the clean air act will reduce greenhouse gases and pollution in Canada. I want to thank the Minister of the Environment for her courage to put forth a comprehensive and practical solution.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217384\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is the first time all industry will have mandatory targets, some beginning as early as next spring.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217385\" data-originallang=\"en\">This plan will do more towards addressing our Kyoto targets than the 13 years of Liberal inaction.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217386\" data-originallang=\"en\">We all have a responsibility, every level of government, every sector of the economy and every individual Canadian.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217387\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Central Okanagan Regional District, led by the municipal governments of Kelowna and Lake Country, have already taken proactive measures to address environmental quality. I applaud their efforts in promoting sustainable environmental programs, alternative energy and motivating our communities to go green.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217388\" data-originallang=\"en\">The clean air act will reduce pollution and greenhouse gases, regulate all industry, set realistic and achievable targets, and reward Canadians for smart choices.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217389\" data-originallang=\"en\">Once again a Conservative government delivers real action on the environment.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217383\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la Loi sur la qualit\u00e9 de l'air entra\u00eenera une r\u00e9duction des gaz \u00e0 effet de serre et de la pollution au Canada. Je tiens \u00e0 remercier la ministre de l'Environnement d'avoir eu le courage de proposer une solution globale et pratique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217384\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, l'ensemble des industries auront des objectifs obligatoires, certains entrant en vigueur d\u00e8s le printemps prochain.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217385\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce plan permettra davantage d'atteindre les objectifs de Kyoto que les 13 ann\u00e9es d'inaction des lib\u00e9raux. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217386\" data-originallang=\"en\">Chaque palier de gouvernement, chaque secteur de l'\u00e9conomie et chaque Canadien ont une responsabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 assumer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217387\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les responsables du Central Okanagan Regional District, \u00e0 l'initiative des gouvernements municipaux de Kelowna et de Lake Country, ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 pris des mesures en mati\u00e8re de qualit\u00e9 environnementale. Je me r\u00e9jouis de leurs efforts. Ils favorisent des programmes environnementaux viables et de nouvelles sources d'\u00e9nergie et ils motivent nos collectivit\u00e9s \u00e0 prendre le virage \u00e9cologique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217388\" data-originallang=\"en\">La Loi sur la qualit\u00e9 de l'air fera diminuer la pollution et les gaz \u00e0 effet de serre, r\u00e9glementera l'ensemble de l'activit\u00e9 industrielle, \u00e9tablira des objectifs r\u00e9alistes et r\u00e9alisables et r\u00e9compensera les Canadiens de leurs choix avis\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217389\" data-originallang=\"en\">Une fois de plus, un gouvernement conservateur agit concr\u00e8tement en mati\u00e8re d'environnement.</p>"
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"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:00:00",
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"en": "Ms. Nancy Karetak-Lindell (Nunavut, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the government continues to show contempt for reality. It is trying to rewrite history by undermining the best economic record Canada has ever seen.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217391\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thanks to Liberal governments, Canada's economy, which was on the verge of collapse 13 years ago, is now the healthiest in the G-7. We are the only country in that group in surplus. Eight straight Liberal surpluses left the current government the best set of books any incoming administration has ever seen. And what has this government done with it? It has cut billions in funding to Canada's most vulnerable with the help of the NDP, and increased income taxes on those who earn the least.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217392\" data-originallang=\"en\">This government's contempt for the least advantaged Canadians is no surprise, considering the purse strings are held by the Mike Harris admiration society. Ontarians remember what they did in this province at a time when federal transfers were at record levels.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canadians are horrified at this government's trying to destroy all they have worked so hard to achieve.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement continue de faire fi de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9. Il tente de r\u00e9\u00e9crire l'histoire en d\u00e9nigrant les meilleures r\u00e9alisations \u00e9conomiques jamais observ\u00e9es au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217391\" data-originallang=\"en\">Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des gouvernements lib\u00e9raux, l'\u00e9conomie du Canada, menac\u00e9e d'effondrement il y a 13 ans, est aujourd'hui la plus dynamique du G7. Nous sommes le seul pays de ce groupe \u00e0 afficher un exc\u00e9dent. Les huit exc\u00e9dents cons\u00e9cutifs des lib\u00e9raux ont laiss\u00e9 au gouvernement actuel la situation financi\u00e8re la plus reluisante dont ait jamais b\u00e9n\u00e9fici\u00e9 un nouveau gouvernement. Et qu'est-ce que ce gouvernement en a fait? Il a, avec l'assistance du NPD, supprim\u00e9 des milliards de dollars du financement destin\u00e9 aux Canadiens les plus vuln\u00e9rables, et il a fait augmenter l'imp\u00f4t sur le revenu de ceux qui gagnent le moins.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217392\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il n'est pas \u00e9tonnant que le gouvernement actuel m\u00e9prise les Canadiens les plus d\u00e9munis puisque les cordons de la bourse sont tenus par des admirateurs de Mike Harris. Les Ontariens n'ont pas oubli\u00e9 ce que ces gens ont fait \u00e0 leur province durant une p\u00e9riode o\u00f9 les transferts du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral atteignaient des niveaux records. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les Canadiens sont horrifi\u00e9s de voir le gouvernement actuel tenter de d\u00e9truire tout ce qu'ils ont r\u00e9alis\u00e9 avec tant d'efforts.</p>"
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"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
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"en": "The Economy",
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Robert Bouchard (Chicoutimi\u2014Le Fjord, BQ)",
"fr": ""
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217394\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, last week, after the federal government had been sleeping on the softwood lumber issue for almost five years, the <a data-HoCid=\"78764\" href=\"/politicians/diane-finley/\" title=\"Diane Finley\">Minister of Human Resources and Social Development</a> announced a semblance of a program for older workers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217395\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Right at the outset of the softwood lumber crisis, 650 workers from the Port-Alfred plant in my riding, most of whom are aged 50 and over, were laid off. The plant was closed on a temporary basis in 2003, but that closure became permanent in 2005. Despite retraining measures, dozens of former workers were not able to find work and some of are now living on welfare. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217396\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We in the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois believe that, after contributing to society and the economy for 30, 35 or 40 years, older workers deserve both moral and income support. Therefore, I am asking the minister to act with humanity and provide a true income support program for, among others, these 100 citizens from my riding who were abandoned by the federal government. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217394\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la semaine derni\u00e8re, apr\u00e8s le sommeil du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral qui a dur\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de cinq ans en ce qui concerne le dossier de la crise du bois d'oeuvre, la <a data-HoCid=\"78764\" href=\"/politicians/diane-finley/\" title=\"Diane Finley\">ministre des Ressources humaines et du D\u00e9veloppement social</a> annon\u00e7ait un semblant de programme pour les travailleurs \u00e2g\u00e9s. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217395\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D\u00e8s le d\u00e9but de la crise du bois d'oeuvre, 650 travailleurs de l'usine de Port-Alfred, dans mon comt\u00e9, compos\u00e9e majoritairement de travailleurs de 50 ans et plus sont mis \u00e0 pied. Ferm\u00e9e temporairement en 2003, cette usine fut ferm\u00e9e d\u00e9finitivement en 2005. En cons\u00e9quence, malgr\u00e9 des mesures de reclassement, des dizaines d'ex-employ\u00e9s n'ont pu trouver d'emploi, et certains vivent maintenant de l'aide sociale. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217396\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous, du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, croyons qu'apr\u00e8s avoir contribu\u00e9 pendant 30, 35 ou 40 ans \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et \u00e0 l'\u00e9conomie, les travailleurs \u00e2g\u00e9s m\u00e9ritent notre soutien moral et un soutien au revenu. Je demande donc \u00e0 la ministre d'agir avec humanit\u00e9 et d'offrir un vrai programme de soutien au revenu pour, entre autres, ces 100 citoyens de mon comt\u00e9 abandonn\u00e9s par le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. </p>"
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"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/robert-bouchard-1/",
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"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
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"h2": {
"en": "Older Workers",
"fr": ""
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Olivia Chow (Trinity\u2014Spadina, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217397\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, this afternoon refugees who are seeking shelter in Canada will be out in the cold on Parliament Hill. They are mostly women and children who are struggling to survive. They are vulnerable. They are hungry. Most are very poor. Many of the women are trying to escape domestic violence or the sex trade. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217398\" data-originallang=\"en\">The previous Liberal government and now the Conservative government is exploiting and punishing them further by applying a modern-day head tax with the refugee landing fee of $550 per refugee and $150 per child. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217399\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have tabled a motion in this House to drop these fees, this head tax, this blood money on the heads of the most vulnerable. If the government does not act, then it is saying to the world and the 10,000 Canadians who signed a petition that children should be made to suffer and women should indeed be treated like dogs. We must end this cruel practice now.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217397\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, cet apr\u00e8s-midi, des r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s qui demandent asile au Canada braveront le froid sur la Colline du Parlement. Il s'agit surtout de femmes et d'enfants qui luttent pour leur survie. Ils sont vuln\u00e9rables. Ils ont faim. La plupart sont tr\u00e8s pauvres. Nombre de ces femmes r\u00e9fugi\u00e9es tentent d'\u00e9chapper \u00e0 la violence familiale ou au commerce du sexe. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217398\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement conservateur, comme avant lui le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent, a exploit\u00e9 et p\u00e9nalis\u00e9 encore davantage ces r\u00e9gugi\u00e9s en leur r\u00e9clamant une taxe d'\u00e9tablissement de 550 $ par adulte et de 150 $ par enfant, ce qui constitue ni plus ni moins une taxe d'entr\u00e9e moderne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217399\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 une motion \u00e0 la Chambre pour faire supprimer cette taxe d'entr\u00e9e, cet argent du sang qu'on soutire aux personnes les plus vuln\u00e9rables. Si le gouvernement n'agit pas, il dit alors au monde et aux 10 000 Canadiens signataires d'une p\u00e9tition, que les enfants doivent souffrir et que les femmes doivent \u00eatre trait\u00e9es comme des chiens. Il faut faire cesser cette cruelle pratique d\u00e8s maintenant. </p>"
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"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
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"en": "Refugees",
"fr": ""
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Joy Smith (Kildonan\u2014St. Paul, CPC)",
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217400\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to pay tribute to the firefighters of the West St. Paul Fire Department in my riding of <a data-HoCid=\"78541\" href=\"/politicians/joy-smith/\" title=\"Joy Smith\">Kildonan\u2014St. Paul</a>. Recently the department celebrated its 50th anniversary, which I had the privilege of attending.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217401\" data-originallang=\"en\">In the early 1950s, 25 members of West St. Paul, mostly World War II veterans, began their firefighting training with the city of Winnipeg. After the completion of their training and the construction of a fire hall, the West St. Paul Fire Department was created in 1956. Over the last 50 years, the fire department has grown from one fire truck to a modern rural fire department with 24 members and five response vehicles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217402\" data-originallang=\"en\">At the anniversary celebration, three firefighters were acknowledged for their 25 years of service to the West St. Paul Fire Department. They are Jim Turney, Bob Wright and Tom Addis, Jr.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217403\" data-originallang=\"en\">I offer my sincere congratulations to Fire Chief Ryan Yackel and all of the firefighters on a job well done.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217400\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je rends aujourd'hui hommage aux sapeurs pompiers du service d'incendies de West St. Paul qui se trouve dans ma circonscription, <a data-HoCid=\"78541\" href=\"/politicians/joy-smith/\" title=\"Joy Smith\">Kildonan\u2014St. Paul</a>. Le service d'incendies a r\u00e9cemment c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 son 50<sup>e</sup> anniversaire et j'ai eu le plaisir d'assister \u00e0 la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration de l'\u00e9v\u00e9nement. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217401\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1950, 25 habitants de West St. Paul, en majorit\u00e9 des anciens combattants de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, ont entrepris leur formation de pompier \u00e0 la ville de Winnipeg. Au terme de cette formation et de la construction d'une caserne, le service d'incendies de West St. Paul a vu le jour, en 1956. Au fil de ses 50 ans d'existence, il est pass\u00e9 d'un seul camion, \u00e0 l'origine, \u00e0 cinq v\u00e9hicules d'intervention et \u00e0 un effectif de 24 personnes, aujourd'hui. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217402\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lors de la c\u00e9l\u00e9bration de ce 50<sup>e</sup> anniversaire, on a soulign\u00e9 les 25 ann\u00e9es de service de trois pompiers du service d'incendie de West St. Paul: Jim Turney, Bob Wright et Tom Addis fils.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217403\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je f\u00e9licite sinc\u00e8rement le chef du service d'incendies Ryan Yackel et tous les pompiers qu'il dirige de leur excellent travail.</p>"
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"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/joy-smith-1/",
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"en": "Statements by Members",
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"h2": {
"en": "West St. Paul Fire Department",
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{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Stephen Owen (Vancouver Quadra, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217404\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the government has shown contempt.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217405\" data-originallang=\"en\">Yesterday it was claimed by the <a data-HoCid=\"78950\" href=\"/politicians/james-moore/\" title=\"James Moore\">Parliamentary Secretary to the unelected Minister of Public Works</a> that the Liberal government had racked up deficits. Has the hon. member been asleep for the last decade?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217406\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberal government's economic record is the best Canada has ever known. Eight straight Liberal surpluses paid down billions of dollars on the national debt, which was spinning out of control at the end of Canada's last experiment in Conservative government. In fact, the last Conservative surplus, other than the one the Conservatives inherited from our government, was in 1912.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217407\" data-originallang=\"en\">Conservative tax policies have already been exposed as anti-competitive, anti-democratic and anti everything that sound economic policy preaches. They want to turn surplus to deficit with tax breaks for the rich, just like they did in Ontario, and the Mike Harris triumvirate across the way is here to help them do the job.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217408\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Liberal economic record speaks for itself, as does the contempt the Conservative government shows for Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217404\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement est m\u00e9prisant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217405\" data-originallang=\"en\">Hier, le <a data-HoCid=\"78950\" href=\"/politicians/james-moore/\" title=\"James Moore\">secr\u00e9taire parlementaire du ministre non \u00e9lu des Travaux publics</a> a affirm\u00e9 que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral avait accumul\u00e9 des d\u00e9ficits. Est-ce que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 dort depuis dix ans?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217406\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le bilan \u00e9conomique du gouvernement lib\u00e9ral est le meilleur de toute l'histoire du Canada. Les huit budgets exc\u00e9dentaires cons\u00e9cutifs des lib\u00e9raux ont permis de rembourser des milliards de dollars de notre dette nationale, qui avait atteint des sommets incroyables \u00e0 la fin de la pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente tentative des conservateurs de gouverner. En fait, le dernier exc\u00e9dent conservateur, sans compter celui dont le gouvernement actuel a h\u00e9rit\u00e9 des lib\u00e9raux, remonte \u00e0 1912.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217407\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les politiques fiscales des conservateurs ont \u00e9t\u00e9 expos\u00e9es comme \u00e9tant anticoncurrentielles, antid\u00e9mocratiques et contraires \u00e0 tous les principes de saine gestion \u00e9conomique. Les conservateurs veulent transformer l'exc\u00e9dent en d\u00e9ficit \u00e0 coups de cr\u00e9dits d'imp\u00f4ts pour les riches, comme ils ont fait en Ontario. Le triumvirat des \u00e9mules de Mike Harris est l\u00e0 pour les aider \u00e0 faire le boulot.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217408\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le bilan \u00e9conomique des lib\u00e9raux est assez \u00e9loquent, tout comme le m\u00e9pris du gouvernement conservateur pour les Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/stephen-owen-1/",
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"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1600/",
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"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
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"h2": {
"en": "Government Policies",
"fr": ""
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{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. David Tilson (Dufferin\u2014Caledon, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217409\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to announce that the Region of Peel has become the first government in Canada to earn the National Quality Institute's prestigious Canada Awards for Excellence Gold Trophy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217410\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Canada Awards for Excellence is an annual awards program that recognizes Canadian organizations which, through a commitment to innovation, productivity, a healthy workplace and ethics, have demonstrated sustainable measures of continuous improvement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217411\" data-originallang=\"en\">On Thursday, October 26, a presentation of the award will be made to the Region of Peel at its headquarters located in Brampton, Ontario. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely congratulate the Region of Peel Chairman Emil Kolb, Caledon Mayor Marolyn Morrison, Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and Brampton Mayor Susan Fennell, and their councillors, on this tremendous achievement and for the excellent example it has set for all governments.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217409\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis tr\u00e8s heureux d'annoncer que la r\u00e9gion de Peel est devenue la premi\u00e8re administration r\u00e9gionale du Canada \u00e0 remporter le Troph\u00e9e Or dans le cadre du prestigieux programme des Prix Canada pour l\u2019excellence de l\u2019Institut national de la qualit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217410\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les Prix Canada pour l\u2019excellence sont d\u00e9cern\u00e9s chaque ann\u00e9e \u00e0 des organismes canadiens qui, par leur engagement envers l\u2019innovation, la productivit\u00e9, la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un milieu de travail sain et la d\u00e9ontologie, ont mis en \u0153uvre des mesures durables en vue de faire des progr\u00e8s continus dans ces domaines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217411\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le jeudi 26 octobre, le prix sera remis \u00e0 la r\u00e9gion de Peel, dans ses locaux de Brampton, en Ontario. Je profite de l'occasion pour f\u00e9liciter sinc\u00e8rement le pr\u00e9sident de l'administration r\u00e9gionale, Emil Kolb, la mairesse de Caledon, Marolyn Morrison, la mairesse de Mississauga, Hazel McCallion et la mairesse de Brampton, Susan Fennell, ainsi que leurs conseillers municipaux, pour cet honneur exceptionnel. La r\u00e9gion de Peel est un exemple dont tous les ordres de gouvernement devraient s'inspirer.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/david-tilson-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/david-tilson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1360/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1721253",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Awards for Excellence",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/10/25/"
},
{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Yvon L\u00e9vesque (Abitibi\u2014Baie-James\u2014Nunavik\u2014Eeyou, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217412\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, today, October 25, is a historic day for Quebec's first nations and the Quebec nation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217413\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am proud to inform this House of the initiative taken by the aboriginal people of Quebec. Indeed, today and the next two days, first nations are holding their first socio-economic forum in Mashteuiatsh, close to Roberval, in Quebec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217414\" data-originallang=\"fr\">This major event provides an opportunity to make commitments and take concrete measures that will help aboriginal nations thrive.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217415\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It has already been 10 years since the royal commission on aboriginal peoples tabled its report, and too little has been done since. Ensuring that these nations will thrive is a major challenge.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217416\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois colleagues and myself are proud to support the initiative and the political courage of Quebec's first nations. We hope that the federal government will take concrete action, and I mean concrete, for the well-being of Quebec's aboriginal peoples.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217412\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, 25 octobre, est une journ\u00e9e historique pour les nations autochtones du Qu\u00e9bec et la nation qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217413\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je suis fier d'informer cette Chambre de l'initiative des Autochtones du Qu\u00e9bec. En effet, \u00e0 compter d'aujourd'hui et pour les deux prochains jours, se tient le premier Forum socio\u00e9conomique des Premi\u00e8res Nations, \u00e0 Mashteuiatsh, pr\u00e8s de Roberval au Qu\u00e9bec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217414\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement d'envergure est l'occasion de prendre des engagements et des actions concr\u00e8tes qui contribueront \u00e0 l'\u00e9panouissement des nations autochtones.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217415\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> D\u00e9j\u00e0 10 ans ont pass\u00e9 depuis le d\u00e9p\u00f4t du rapport de la Commission royale sur les peuples autochtones, et trop peu a \u00e9t\u00e9 fait. Le d\u00e9fi de l'\u00e9panouissement de ces nations est grand.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217416\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mes coll\u00e8gues du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et moi-m\u00eame sommes fiers d'appuyer l'initiative et le courage politique des Premi\u00e8res nations du Qu\u00e9bec. Nous esp\u00e9rons que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral saura poser des gestes concrets \u2014 je dis bien: concrets \u2014 pour le mieux-\u00eatre des Autochtones du Qu\u00e9bec.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/yvon-levesque-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/yvon-levesque/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/477/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1721258",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "First Nations Socio-Economic Forum",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/10/25/"
},
{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. James Bezan (Selkirk\u2014Interlake, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217417\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to your attention that a group named MY Canada is meeting with members of Parliament and senators this week here in Ottawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217418\" data-originallang=\"en\">MY Canada stands for Motivated Young People for a Strong Canada, and that is exactly what these young people are. This past summer they held an event on Parliament Hill that attracted over 12,000 participants. They have been working all across Canada to motivate young people to vote and get involved in federal politics in a variety of ways.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217419\" data-originallang=\"en\">I had the privilege of meeting with this fine group of young Canadians earlier this week. They want our members of Parliament to know that there are thousands of young people from coast to coast who hold fast to traditional values which have been held by former generations. They are here to support us as elected officials and to share their views with us on the many issues that are affecting young people today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217420\" data-originallang=\"en\">I encourage all members to get acquainted with this fine group of young people by meeting with them. Canada needs more fine young men and women like the people in MY Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217417\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais porter \u00e0 votre attention qu'un groupe qui se nomme MY Canada rencontre des d\u00e9put\u00e9s et des s\u00e9nateurs cette semaine ici \u00e0 Ottawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217418\" data-originallang=\"en\">MY Canada signifie Motivated Young People for a Strong Canada, ce qui d\u00e9crit bien ces jeunes qui sont motiv\u00e9s pour b\u00e2tir un Canada fort. Cet \u00e9t\u00e9, ils ont organis\u00e9 une activit\u00e9 sur la Colline qui a attir\u00e9 plus de 12 000 participants. Ils s'emploient \u00e0 la grandeur du pays \u00e0 encourager les jeunes \u00e0 voter et \u00e0 s'int\u00e9resser \u00e0 la politique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale d'une foule de fa\u00e7ons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217419\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai eu la chance de rencontrer ces remarquables jeunes Canadiens en d\u00e9but de semaine. Ils veulent que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s sachent qu'il y a des milliers de jeunes d'un oc\u00e9an \u00e0 l'autre qui tiennent aux valeurs traditionnelles des anciennes g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. Ils sont venus nous appuyer en notre qualit\u00e9 de repr\u00e9sentants \u00e9lus et nous exposer leurs opinions sur de nombreuses questions qui touchent les jeunes d'aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217420\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'encourage tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 rencontrer ces remarquables jeunes. Le Canada a besoin d'autres jeunes hommes et jeunes femmes de cette trempe. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/james-bezan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/james-bezan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1308/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1721268",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "MY Canada",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/10/25/"
},
{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Marcel Proulx (Hull\u2014Aylmer, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217421\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, 13 years ago today, the Liberal Party inherited the fiscal mess left by the Conservatives. We have spent 13 years cleaning it up.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217422\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Thanks to the Liberals, this Conservative government inherited an excellent fiscal record.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217423\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The current <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a> has destroyed Ontario's economy, whereas with us the provinces were receiving record transfer payments. He has managed to take a large provincial surplus and turn it into a deficit. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217424\" data-originallang=\"fr\">One can only wonder what this minority Conservative government will do to the eight consecutive surplus budgets produced by the Liberals. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217421\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il y a 13 ans aujourd'hui, le Parti lib\u00e9ral a h\u00e9rit\u00e9 du g\u00e2chis \u00e9conomique transmis par les conservateurs. Nous avons pass\u00e9 13 ans \u00e0 le nettoyer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217422\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Gr\u00e2ce aux lib\u00e9raux, le gouvernement conservateur a h\u00e9rit\u00e9 d'un dossier \u00e9conomique impeccable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217423\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> actuel a d\u00e9truit l'\u00e9conomie ontarienne alors que les provinces recevaient des transferts atteignant des montants records gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 nous. Il avait h\u00e9rit\u00e9 d'un surplus provincial \u00e9lev\u00e9 et l'a transform\u00e9 en d\u00e9ficit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217424\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il reste \u00e0 se demander ce que le gouvernement conservateur minoritaire fera des huit surplus budg\u00e9taires cons\u00e9cutifs produits par les lib\u00e9raux.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/marcel-proulx-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marcel-proulx/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3672/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1721275",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/10/25/"
},
{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gerald Keddy (South Shore\u2014St. Margaret's, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217425\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the commercial fishery in my riding of <a data-HoCid=\"78823\" href=\"/politicians/gerald-keddy/\" title=\"Gerald Keddy\">South Shore\u2014St. Margaret's</a> is one of the busiest and most productive in all of Canada. In recognition of that, Canada's new government announced that we will provide funding for major improvement projects at three fishing harbours located on Cape Sable Island.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217426\" data-originallang=\"en\">Three of the island's most important harbours will benefit from large major capital projects to improve safety and services as well as increase capacity and the harbours' ability to serve today's larger vessels.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217427\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am proud to see that Clark's Harbour, Newellton and West Head will be the sites of major construction and harbour development work over the next several years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217428\" data-originallang=\"en\">This investment combined with other small craft harbour projects totalling $16 million for Nova Scotia clearly demonstrate how Canada's new government and the Minister of Fisheries are committed to supporting the Nova Scotia fishing industry. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217429\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is a significant federal investment to provide our fishers with the first rate harbours and facilities they need for continued success.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217425\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la p\u00eache commerciale dans ma circonscription, <a data-HoCid=\"78823\" href=\"/politicians/gerald-keddy/\" title=\"Gerald Keddy\">South Shore\u2014St. Margaret's</a>, est l'une des plus actives et des plus productives au Canada. C'est pour cette raison que le nouveau gouvernement du Canada a annonc\u00e9 qu'il financera d'importants projets d'am\u00e9lioration dans trois ports de p\u00eache de l'\u00eele Cap-de-Sable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217426\" data-originallang=\"en\">Trois des ports les plus importants de l'\u00eele b\u00e9n\u00e9ficieront de grands projets d'immobilisations qui am\u00e9lioreront la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et les services, et qui accro\u00eetront la capacit\u00e9 des ports \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre aux besoins des gros navires d'aujourd'hui. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217427\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis fier que Clark's Harbour, Newellton et West Head b\u00e9n\u00e9ficieront d'importants travaux de construction et d'am\u00e9nagement portuaire au cours des prochaines ann\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217428\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cet investissement combin\u00e9 \u00e0 d'autres projets \u00e0 l'intention des ports pour petits bateaux repr\u00e9sente un apport de 16 millions de dollars pour la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse et t\u00e9moigne clairement de l'engagement du nouveau gouvernement du Canada et du ministre des Finances \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de l'industrie de la p\u00eache de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217429\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cet investissement important du f\u00e9d\u00e9ral fournira \u00e0 nos p\u00eacheurs les ports et les installations de choix dont ils ont besoin pour assurer leur prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/gerald-keddy-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gerald-keddy/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1339/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1721279",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Harbours",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/10/25/"
},
{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Peter Stoffer (Sackville\u2014Eastern Shore, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on November 11 millions of Canadians will be wearing the symbol of Remembrance Day, the red poppy. Hundreds of thousands of Canadian families will be visiting cenotaphs and memorials from coast to coast to coast. It truly is a wonderful day to express our thanks to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our peace, freedom and democracy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217431\" data-originallang=\"en\">But what happens to these veterans on November 12? That is the question the NDP is asking the government. We have some simple solutions which would effectively enhance the lives of veterans and their families.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217432\" data-originallang=\"en\">Remove the gold digger clause which disallows veterans giving their second spouses their pension benefits on their death. End the discriminatory practice of the clawback of their pensions at age 65, and especially the pension clawbacks on the disability payments. As well, extend the veterans independence program to all widows of all veterans, regardless of when the veterans died.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217433\" data-originallang=\"en\">If we did all of those things to help our veterans, November 11 would have a greater meaning for their lives throughout the entire year.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 11 novembre, des millions de Canadiens arboreront le symbole du jour du Souvenir, le coquelicot. Des centaines de milliers de familles canadiennes iront se recueillir devant des monuments aux morts et des monuments comm\u00e9moratifs d'un oc\u00e9an \u00e0 l'autre. C'est vraiment une occasion id\u00e9ale pour remercier ceux qui ont fait le sacrifice supr\u00eame pour la paix, la libert\u00e9 et la d\u00e9mocratie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217431\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mais qu'arrive-t-il aux anciens combattants le 12 novembre? C'est la question que le NPD pose au gouvernement. Nous avons des solutions simples \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter pour am\u00e9liorer de mani\u00e8re efficace la vie des anciens combattants et de leurs proches.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217432\" data-originallang=\"en\">Supprimez la disposition dite du mariage int\u00e9ress\u00e9 qui emp\u00eache les anciens combattants de c\u00e9der leurs prestations de pension \u00e0 leur deuxi\u00e8me femme au moment de leur d\u00e9c\u00e8s. Mettez fin \u00e0 la pratique discriminatoire de la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration de leur pension lorsqu'ils atteignent l'\u00e2ge de 65 ans, notamment la r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration des prestations d'invalidit\u00e9. En outre, donnez acc\u00e8s au Programme pour l'autonomie des anciens combattants \u00e0 toutes les veuves d'anciens combattants, sans qu'il soit tenu compte du moment o\u00f9 ils ont perdu la vie. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217433\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si nous faisons tout cela pour aider nos anciens combattants, le 11 novembre prendra une signification nouvelle dans leur vie de tous les jours toute l'ann\u00e9e durant.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/peter-stoffer-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peter-stoffer/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1338/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1721284",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Veterans",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/10/25/"
},
{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Maria Minna (Beaches\u2014East York, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217434\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today Canada's economy is one of the healthiest in the world, thanks to years of sound Liberal policies.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217435\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thirteen years ago today when the election was held, Canada was an economic basket case. Unemployment was at a near record high, inflation was spinning out of control and the federal Conservative government had racked up a $50 billion deficit. On the international scene, Canada was considered to be an honorary member of the third world.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217436\" data-originallang=\"en\">In 2005 the Liberal government recorded its eighth consecutive budget surplus, paying down $63 billion in debt. We put the Canadian economy back on its feet while the current Minister of Finance ran the Ontario economy into the ground.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217437\" data-originallang=\"en\">The revisionism and contempt shown by the Minister of Finance is unacceptable. By trying to slam the best economic record in Canadian history, the Conservative government is ignoring the reality that all Canadians know: Liberal governments mean world-beating economic policies.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217434\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, l'\u00e9conomie du Canada compte parmi celles qui sont le plus en sant\u00e9 dans le monde, gr\u00e2ce aux saines politiques lib\u00e9rales adopt\u00e9es durant des ann\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217435\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a treize ans aujourd'hui, au moment des \u00e9lections, le Canada \u00e9tait un cas d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9 sur le plan \u00e9conomique. Le ch\u00f4mage \u00e9tait pr\u00e8s d'un niveau record, l'inflation \u00e9tait galopante et le gouvernement conservateur f\u00e9d\u00e9ral avait creus\u00e9 un d\u00e9ficit de 50 milliards de dollars. Sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale, le Canada \u00e9tait consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme un membre honoraire du tiers-monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217436\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 2005, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 son huiti\u00e8me budget exc\u00e9dentaire de suite et rembours\u00e9 63 milliards de dollars sur la dette publique. Nous avons remis l'\u00e9conomie canadienne sur ses rails pendant que le ministre des Finances actuel laissait l'\u00e9conomie de l'Ontario p\u00e9ricliter.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217437\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le r\u00e9visionnisme et le m\u00e9pris affich\u00e9s par le ministre des Finances sont inacceptables. En s'employant \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter le meilleur dossier \u00e9conomique de l'histoire du Canada, le gouvernement conservateur oublie la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 que tous les Canadiens connaissent: les gouvernements lib\u00e9raux ont coutume de pr\u00e9senter des politiques \u00e9conomiques qui n'ont pas leur pareil dans le monde.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/maria-minna-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maria-minna/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2553/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1721290",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/10/25/"
},
{
"time": "2006-10-25 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Vivian Barbot (Papineau, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217438\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, on October 17, Mr. Graham Fraser officially succeeded Dyane Adam as the sixth Commissioner of Official Languages. A former English language journalist who speaks French fluently and a staunch advocate of linguistic duality in Canada, Graham Fraser lived in Quebec for more than 10 years. Mr. Fraser has acknowledged on many occasions the vital input of Quebec legislation to the survival of the French fact in North America.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217439\" data-originallang=\"fr\">A number of challenges are facing the new commissioner, including those associated with the judicial nature of the Official Languages Act and the impact of the elimination of the court challenges program on representing the interests of linguistic minorities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217440\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Fraser's appointment has been very well received by my colleagues from the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and myself, and we wish him the best in his new position.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217438\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 17 octobre dernier, M. Graham Fraser a officiellement succ\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 Dyane Adam \u00e0 titre de 6<sup>e</sup> commissaire aux langues officielles. Ancien journaliste de langue anglaise, parlant couramment le fran\u00e7ais et ardent d\u00e9fenseur de la dualit\u00e9 linguistique au Canada, Graham Fraser a habit\u00e9 au Qu\u00e9bec durant plus de 10 ans. M. Fraser a reconnu \u00e0 maintes reprises l'apport fondamental des lois qu\u00e9b\u00e9coises \u00e0 la survie du fait fran\u00e7ais en Am\u00e9rique du Nord.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217439\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le nouveau commissaire devra faire face \u00e0 plusieurs d\u00e9fis, dont ceux occasionn\u00e9s par le caract\u00e8re judiciaire de la Loi sur les langues officielles et les effets de l'\u00e9limination du Programme de contestation judiciaire en regard de la d\u00e9fense des int\u00e9r\u00eats des minorit\u00e9s linguistiques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217440\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Mes coll\u00e8gues du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et moi-m\u00eame accueillons tr\u00e8s favorablement la nomination de M. Fraser et lui souhaitons du succ\u00e8s dans ses nouvelles fonctions.</p>"
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:15:00",
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"en": "Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Beaus\u00e9jour, Lib.)",
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217441\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, when the Liberal Party came to power 13 years ago today, Canada was facing economic disaster. The previous Conservative government had racked up nearly $50 billion in debt per year, inflation was out of control, and the unemployment rate had reached record highs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217442\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We got right to work and paid off $63 billion of the debt, which saved us $3 billion a year in interest.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217443\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Both the unemployment rate and the inflation rate are now low. In 2005, the Liberal government recorded its eighth budget surplus. Thanks to our excellent economic record, Canada has become a world leader.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217441\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, lorsque le Parti lib\u00e9ral est arriv\u00e9 au pouvoir il y a 13 ans aujourd'hui, le Canada faisait face \u00e0 un d\u00e9sastre \u00e9conomique. Le gouvernement conservateur pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent avait accumul\u00e9 une dette de pr\u00e8s de 50 milliards de dollars par ann\u00e9e, l'inflation \u00e9tait hors de contr\u00f4le et le taux de ch\u00f4mage avait atteint de hauts sommets. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217442\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous nous sommes mis au travail et nous avons rembours\u00e9 63 milliards de dollars sur la dette, ce qui a permis une \u00e9conomie de 3 milliards de dollars d'int\u00e9r\u00eats par ann\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217443\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le taux de ch\u00f4mage est maintenant bas et le taux d'inflation \u00e9galement. En 2005, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a produit son 8<sup>e</sup> surplus budg\u00e9taire. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 notre excellent dossier \u00e9conomique, le Canada est maintenant devenu un leader mondial.</p>"
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"en": "Statements by Members",
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"en": "The Economy",
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Christian Paradis (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, CPC)",
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217444\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, over the past few days, the federal Liberals and the leader of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois\u2014whose members are the eternal opposition in Ottawa\u2014have cast aspersions on the hard work done by the excellent Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and they have pressured him to run for office. The minister has done remarkable work, considering that Justice Gomery found Public Works and Government Services Canada to be at the heart of a complex kickback system that gave friends of federal Liberals all kinds of perks and allowed them to make illegal contributions to the LPC as part of the sponsorship program. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Both the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and the federal Liberals are bringing new meaning to the word \u201cabsurd\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why did they not ask the same of Liberal senators who held ministerial positions in cabinet?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217447\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why was it acceptable for Liberal Senator James Bernard Boudreau to be Minister of State for the ACOA in 2000? Liberal Senator Joyce Fairbairn was a minister for 1,639 days. Liberal Senator Jack Austin was in cabinet for 658 days.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217448\" data-originallang=\"fr\">When it comes to transparency, accountability and good public governance, the Liberals\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217444\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, au cours des derniers jours, les lib\u00e9raux f\u00e9d\u00e9raux et le chef du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u2014 dont les d\u00e9put\u00e9s sont membres de l'opposition \u00e9ternelle \u00e0 Ottawa \u2014 ont remis en question l'ardeur au travail de l'excellent ministre des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux, et l'ont press\u00e9 de se faire \u00e9lire. Le ministre fait un travail remarquable, compte tenu du fait que le juge Gomery a constat\u00e9 que Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada \u00e9tait le centre d'un syst\u00e8me de ristourne complexe qui a permis aux amis des lib\u00e9raux f\u00e9d\u00e9raux de recevoir des pots-de-vin et de contribuer ill\u00e9galement au PLC dans le cadre du programme des commandites. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il faut comprendre que le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et les lib\u00e9raux f\u00e9d\u00e9raux poussent l'absurde \u00e0 des limites sup\u00e9rieures. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi n'ont-ils pas exig\u00e9 la m\u00eame chose des s\u00e9nateurs lib\u00e9raux qui si\u00e9geaient au Cabinet en tant que ministres? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217447\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi \u00e9tait-il acceptable qu'en 2000, le s\u00e9nateur lib\u00e9ral James Bernard Boudreau si\u00e8ge \u00e0 titre de ministre d'\u00c9tat responsable \u00e0 l'APECA? Pendant 1639 jours, la s\u00e9natrice lib\u00e9rale Joyce Fairbairn \u00e9tait ministre. Pendant 658 jours, le s\u00e9nateur lib\u00e9ral Jack Austin \u00e9tait au Cabinet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217448\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> En mati\u00e8re de transparence, d'imputabilit\u00e9 et de bonne gouvernance publique, les lib\u00e9raux... </p>"
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "The Speaker",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217449\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> We will now move on to oral questions.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217449\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous passons maintenant aux questions orales.</p>"
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Bill Graham (Leader of the Opposition, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217450\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, notwithstanding that last intervention, we have today a Conservative Minister of Public Works and Government Services who does not care about our electors. Contrary to any parliamentary precedent, he refuses to run in his own city at the first opportunity. Now, and this takes the cake, he is silencing his officials, our officials. He is muzzling those who run the programs by preventing them from answering any questions from members of this House.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217451\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Since Michael Fortier refuses to run for office himself, how can he prevent his officials from answering questions from those who did and who were elected by the Canadian public?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217450\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en d\u00e9pit de la derni\u00e8re intervention, nous avons aujourd'hui un ministre conservateur des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux qui m\u00e9prise nos \u00e9lecteurs. Contrairement \u00e0 tout pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent parlementaire, il refuse de se pr\u00e9senter dans sa propre ville, \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re occasion. Maintenant, c'est le comble, il fait taire ses fonctionnaires, nos fonctionnaires. Il cloue le bec de ceux qui g\u00e8rent les programmes en les emp\u00eachant de r\u00e9pondre aux questions des d\u00e9put\u00e9s de cette Chambre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217451\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Puisque Michael Fortier refuse de tenter de se faire \u00e9lire lui-m\u00eame, comment peut-il emp\u00eacher ses fonctionnaires de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 tous ceux, comme nous en cette Chambre, qui se sont fait \u00e9lire par la population canadienne?</p>"
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"url": "/debates/2006/10/25/bill-graham-1/",
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"en": "Oral Questions",
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"time": "2006-10-25 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Right Hon. Stephen Harper (Prime Minister, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"217452\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, Senator Fortier promised to represent the people of Montreal within cabinet for the duration of this Parliament. He is doing good work. He will run in the next election.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217453\" data-originallang=\"fr\">As far as the ministers are concerned, they took their responsibilities and answered questions in parliamentary committees.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"217452\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le s\u00e9nateur Fortier s'est engag\u00e9 \u00e0 repr\u00e9senter la population de Montr\u00e9al au sein du Cabinet pendant la dur\u00e9e de cette l\u00e9gislature. Il fait un bon travail. Il va se pr\u00e9senter aux prochaines \u00e9lections. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"217453\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En ce qui concerne les ministres, ils ont pris leurs responsabilit\u00e9s afin de r\u00e9pondre aux questions en comit\u00e9s parlementaires. </p>"
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