Evidence of meeting #147 for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was letter.
A recording is available from Parliament.
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Liberal
The Chair (Hon. Judy A. Sgro (Humber River—Black Creek, Lib.)) Liberal Judy Sgro
We're back on again and in open session.
Mr. Liepert.
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Conservative
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Okay.
Let's deal first with the letter that references the work we did the other day on the national trade corridors fund.
We have a letter here addressed to the minister outlining what we heard on the national trade corridor presentation. Is everyone comfortable with the letter?
Mr. Liepert.
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Conservative
Ron Liepert Conservative Calgary Signal Hill, AB
I'd like to make a wording change in the second-last paragraph on the back page. It's quite cumbersome and I'd suggest we break it down into two sentences.
The first sentence would read, “Some witnesses also expressed concerns about Bill C-69, particularly about possible delays associated with the proposed environmental permitting process for major projects.” Then the second line would read, “Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts”....
It just reads more easily.
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Conservative
Ron Liepert Conservative Calgary Signal Hill, AB
You have to leave “Bill C-69” after “about”.
I'm good with that.
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Liberal
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NDP
Robert Aubin NDP Trois-Rivières, QC
I am looking for something I saw yesterday, but I can't find it.
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Conservative
Ron Liepert Conservative Calgary Signal Hill, AB
In the interim, could I also ask that this be cc'd to both the environment minister and the infrastructure minister? I don't know if that's a separate thing you have to consider.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
Copying it to the environment minister and the infrastructure minister makes sense.
Mr. Aubin.
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NDP
Robert Aubin NDP Trois-Rivières, QC
Thank you, Madam Chair.
I have found my question. In the second paragraph of the letter, it says: “Les témoins avaient tous des commentaires élogieux pour le FNCC”. I acknowledge that there was a broad consensus, but the word: “tous” means what it means. I did not hear the witness from the Western Canadian Short Line Railway Association make comments as effusive as the letter gives us to understand.
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An hon. member
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Liberal
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NDP
Robert Aubin NDP Trois-Rivières, QC
In French, it is more than positive, it is “effusive”. We could write “des commentaires favorables”.
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Liberal
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NDP
Robert Aubin NDP Trois-Rivières, QC
I never heard effusive comments from the witnesses from the railway companies.
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Liberal
The Chair Liberal Judy Sgro
It's a translation issue, probably, in terms of the difference. Is there another word for “unanimously” that...?
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Conservative
Ron Liepert Conservative Calgary Signal Hill, AB
What about “overwhelmingly” or something along that line, which doesn't mean that every—
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NDP
Robert Aubin NDP Trois-Rivières, QC
We could also replace the beginning of the sentence with “Plusieurs témoins ont eu des commentaires élogieux”. The use of the word “tous” is an exaggeration. I feel like a car salesman.
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Liberal
