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{
"time": "2013-11-25 20:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Brian Jean (Fort McMurray\u2014Athabasca, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Brian Jean (Fort McMurray\u2014Athabasca, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3510340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses who appeared today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3510341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Small businesses are defined as those that employ 5 to 100 persons. Looking at some of the statistics for small businesses...and of course, Ms. Moreau, your organization represents 109,000 of them, but that doesn't make up all the small businesses. There are actually 1.1 million small businesses, so you represent about 10% of them. They employ 48.3% of Canada's workforce\u2014over 5.1 million Canadians work for small businesses\u2014and 86% of Canadian exporters were small businesses; 42% of Canada's private sector GDP is from small businesses; 28% of the country's total GDP came from businesses that employ under 50 people\u2014I'm so excited, I can't even say \u201csmall businesses\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3510342\" data-originallang=\"en\">Wouldn't you say that small businesses have a significant impact on our economy? It's a stunning impact.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3510340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, et merci \u00e0 tous les t\u00e9moins d'\u00eatre ici aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3510341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Selon la d\u00e9finition, les petites entreprises sont celles qui emploient de 5 \u00e0 100 personnes. Si on jette un coup d'oeil aux statistiques concernant les petites entreprises... Et, naturellement, madame Moreau, votre organisation repr\u00e9sente 109 000 de ces entreprises, mais elle ne repr\u00e9sente pas toutes les petites entreprises. Il y a en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 1,1 million de petites entreprises, vous ne repr\u00e9sentez donc que 10 % d'entre elles. Elles emploient 48,3 % de la main-d'oeuvre canadienne \u2014 plus de 5,1 millions de Canadiens travaillent dans des petites entreprises \u2014 et 86 % des exportateurs canadiens sont des petites entreprises. En tout, 42 % du PIB d\u00e9coulant du secteur priv\u00e9, au Canada, est le fait de petites entreprises; une part de 28 % du PIB total du pays d\u00e9coule d'entreprises qui embauchent moins de 50 personnes... Je suis tellement enthousiaste que je ne dis m\u00eame plus \u00ab petites entreprises \u00bb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3510342\" data-originallang=\"en\">N'affirmeriez-vous pas que les petites entreprises ont une grande incidence sur notre \u00e9conomie? En fait une incidence consid\u00e9rable.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/41-2/10/brian-jean-1/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8153326",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/41-2/10/",
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}