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{
"time": "2009-02-23 10:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Saint-Maurice\u2014Champlain, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1309078\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would also like to make a general opening statement. I want to thank all the people who have come here as witnesses before our committee. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1309079\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Just now, I heard my colleague Mr. McCallum say that we are in a full-blown recession. We also understand that, but I do not believe that this was reason enough to include in the budget measures that violate the rights of workers and of women. The budget could have been used to propose measures that would have truly fostered social housing and building new housing units on aboriginal reserves. That would also stimulate the economy. Really, further measures would definitely have been needed to further all of our aims. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1309080\" data-originallang=\"fr\">First, I would like to put a question to Ms. Asselin. Members of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois stood up in the House and decried the part of the 2009 Budget Implementation Act that violates the principle of pay equity. Conservative members often answered by saying that the new legislation that they wanted to see introduced at the federal level was similar to existing legislation in Quebec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1309081\" data-originallang=\"fr\">You mentioned the Pay Equity Act in Quebec and you said that it was proactive legislation. I would like you to give us further details about it. What are the differences between the bill that is currently on the table and the existing Quebec legislation? I do not think that they are similar. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1309078\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident. Je ferai, moi aussi, une d\u00e9claration g\u00e9n\u00e9rale d'ouverture. Je remercie toutes les personnes pr\u00e9sentes d'\u00eatre venues t\u00e9moigner devant nous.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1309079\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tout \u00e0 l'heure, j'ai entendu mon coll\u00e8gue M. McCallum dire que nous \u00e9tions en pleine r\u00e9cession. Oui, on le comprend, mais je ne crois pas qu'il \u00e9tait n\u00e9cessaire pour autant d'inclure dans le budget des mesures qui vont \u00e0 l'encontre des droits des travailleurs et des femmes. On aurait pu profiter du budget pour proposer des mesures qui auraient v\u00e9ritablement favoris\u00e9 le logement social et la construction de nouveaux logements dans les r\u00e9serves autochtones. Cela aussi aurait stimul\u00e9 l'\u00e9conomie. D'autres mesures auraient \u00e9t\u00e9 vraiment n\u00e9cessaires pour appuyer l'ensemble de vos revendications.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1309080\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Dans un premier temps, j'aimerais poser une question \u00e0 Mme Asselin. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois sont intervenus \u00e0 la Chambre pour d\u00e9crier la partie de la Loi d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2009 qui vient \u00e0 l'encontre de l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 salariale. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs nous ont souvent r\u00e9pondu que la nouvelle loi qu'ils souhaitent que le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral applique est semblable \u00e0 celle qui existe au Qu\u00e9bec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1309081\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Vous avez fait mention de la Loi sur l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 salariale au Qu\u00e9bec en tant que loi proactive. J'aimerais que vous nous en parliez plus en d\u00e9tail. Quelles sont les diff\u00e9rences entre le projet de loi actuellement sur la table et la loi qui existe au Qu\u00e9bec? Je ne crois pas qu'elles soient semblables.</p>"
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