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{
"time": "2011-10-31 10:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Janice Price",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2560153\" data-originallang=\"en\">You probably know that in 2014 Toronto will be hosting World Pride. This is comparable with the Toronto pride festival. Numbers have been generated and they have done their own report, which is consistent with the economic impact we see here.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2560154\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We continue to refer to this proposed new program as an investment. We have made a minimum five-to-one guarantee of return in tax revenue, and this tax revenue happens within the same fiscal year, which is a unique benefit of these kinds of festivals and events. We are proposing criteria that we would work out with Industry Canada. We would hope they would consider festivals of all kinds. Our coalition includes arts festivals, pride festivals, fairs, the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, etc. They are definitely economic drivers, big employers, and we would expect them to be considered as applicants for this new program.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2560153\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous savez sans doute que Toronto accueillera la World Pride en 2014. C'est un \u00e9v\u00e9nement comparable \u00e0 la Semaine de la fiert\u00e9 gaie de Toronto. Les chiffres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 calcul\u00e9s, et les responsables ont pr\u00e9par\u00e9 leur propre rapport, qui correspond aux r\u00e9percussions \u00e9conomiques que nous constatons. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2560154\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous continuons de consid\u00e9rer ce nouveau programme propos\u00e9 comme un investissement. Nous nous sommes engag\u00e9s \u00e0 une garantie minimale d'un rendement de cinq pour un en recettes fiscales; ces recettes fiscales sont comptabilis\u00e9es au cours du m\u00eame exercice, ce qui constitue un avantage unique pour ce genre de festivals et d'\u00e9v\u00e9nements. Nous proposons des crit\u00e8res que nous pourrions perfectionner avec Industrie Canada. Nous esp\u00e9rons que le minist\u00e8re serait pr\u00eat \u00e0 prendre en consid\u00e9ration des festivals en tous genres. Notre coalition inclut des festivals d'arts, des festivals de la fiert\u00e9 gaie, des foires, la Royal Agricultural Winter Fair ainsi que d'autres. Ces \u00e9v\u00e9nements sont certainement des moteurs \u00e9conomiques, d'importants employeurs, et nous nous attendons \u00e0 ce qu'ils soient trait\u00e9s comme des demandeurs de ce nouveau programme. </p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/41-1/22/janice-price-3/",
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"source_id": "4524168",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/41-1/22/",
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