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{
    "time": "2016-10-21 11:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michael Conway",
        "fr": "M. Michael Conway"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4596168\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have lots of recommendations, including consolidated tax returns. We're one of the only countries in the world that doesn't do consolidated tax returns.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4596169\" data-originallang=\"en\">The interesting thing about that is that large firms effectively do it through employing consultants because they can afford it, and smaller businesses can't afford to do all the machinations that are required to effectively have consolidated tax returns, so they're disadvantaged. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4596170\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are many things. I would be very pleased to send the information on to the committee.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4596168\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons de nombreuses recommandations, y compris des d\u00e9clarations fiscales consolid\u00e9es. Nous sommes parmi les seuls pays au monde o\u00f9 les d\u00e9clarations fiscales ne sont pas consolid\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4596169\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est int\u00e9ressant de constater \u00e0 ce sujet que les grandes entreprises le font dans les faits, en recrutant des experts-conseils, parce qu'elles peuvent se le permettre, les petites entreprises ne pouvant pas faire de m\u00eame parce qu'elles n'ont pas les moyens de se doter de tous les m\u00e9canismes requis pour produire des d\u00e9clarations fiscales consolid\u00e9es, ce qui les d\u00e9savantage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4596170\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a de nombreux \u00e9l\u00e9ments. C'est avec grand plaisir que j'enverrai l'information au comit\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/42-1/47/michael-conway-9/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9176113",
    "document_url": "/committees/finance/42-1/47/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Ffinance%2F42-1%2F47%2F"
    }
}