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{
"time": "2016-10-25 16:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Raj Grewal (Brampton East, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Raj Grewal (Brampton-Est, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4604460\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4604461\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you to the witnesses for being here today. I would like to ask each of you a question, but that's not going to be possible, because the chair is only giving me five minutes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4604462\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I will start off with the Retail Council of Canada. You spoke at length about <em>de minimis</em>. Recently the United States raised their <em>de minimis</em>. Then you spoke about the argument for keeping our <em>de minimis</em> amount at $20. Every increase from $20 to $40, from $40 to $60, would have negative effects on the Canadian economy\u2014job losses, the closures of book stores and small businesses....</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4604463\" data-originallang=\"en\">What happened in the United States when they raised the <em>de minimis</em>?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4604460\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4604461\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous remercions les t\u00e9moins ici pr\u00e9sents aujourd'hui. J'aimerais poser une question \u00e0 chacun de vous, mais cela n'est pas possible, puisque le pr\u00e9sident ne m'accorde que cinq minutes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4604462\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je commencerai par le Conseil canadien du commerce de d\u00e9tail. Vous avez longuement parl\u00e9 du seuil <em>de minimis</em>. Les \u00c9tats-Unis ont r\u00e9cemment relev\u00e9 leur seuil <em>de minimis</em>. Vous avez ensuite parl\u00e9 de l'argument en faveur du maintien \u00e0 20 $ de notre seuil <em>de minimis</em>. Chaque augmentation, de 20 $ \u00e0 40 $, puis de 40 $ \u00e0 60 $, aurait des effets n\u00e9gatifs sur l'\u00e9conomie canadienne \u2014 pertes d'emplois, fermeture de librairies et de petites entreprises...</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4604463\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Que s'est-il pass\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats-Unis quand ils ont relev\u00e9 leur seuil <em>de minimis</em>? </p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/42-1/49/raj-grewal-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/raj-grewal/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4271/",
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"source_id": "9185137",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/42-1/49/",
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}