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{
"time": "2017-05-15 12:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Francesco Sorbara (Vaughan\u2014Woodbridge, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
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"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"0\" data-originallang=\"en\">Welcome, Minister. Welcome back from your trip overseas as well.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"0\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you for those opening remarks.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"0\" data-originallang=\"en\">Minister, I've described our budget, both last year's and 2016-17's, as budgets having a three-pillar approach where we undertake investments in innovation, skills training, and lifelong learning as well as infrastructure, and with all of that, growing the economy and a stronger middle class. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"0\" data-originallang=\"en\">One of the issues we face in Canada is our demographics. We have an aging workforce, and we have a lot of people retiring, and we need to look at avenues to increase participation rates among certain classes of workers. Fundamentally, I think one way that we increase the long-term economic growth rate of our economy is to bring in under-represented groups of workers who may not be at levels where they can be, and we can undertake certain measures. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"0\" data-originallang=\"en\">As the father of two young daughters, I want to ensure that women in the labour force are represented at equal levels to men. Our government has undertaken a number of measures, but I want to hear from you just how important it is for us. Specifically, in the budget, in chapter 5, there is a gender statement for the first time ever that we encourage labour force participation rates to increase, and how important it is for economic growth. </p>",
"fr": ""
},
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