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{
"time": "2021-03-09 15:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Ted Falk",
"fr": "M. Ted Falk"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6563138\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6563139\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think you've identified one of the problems with the big corporate farms. They're looking at returns and not always necessarily being good stewards of the land. Not that they're all like that, and I don't want to lump them all into one sum, but family farmers know they need to protect the land and the resources available to them for future generations. I think they have their eye on that part of the equation much more so than a big corporation. They're looking to generate profits for multiple shareholders. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6563140\" data-originallang=\"en\">You indicated in your intervention that your retirement plan is your RRSP and the equity you have in your farm. When you're going to consider selling your farm to one of your daughters, you're going to be looking at what's going to maximize your retirement return. If you sell it to the neighbour, he's going to provide you with probably the same amount of money that your daughters would feel it would be worth, except you're going to end up paying a bigger tax bill if you sell it to your daughters, unless we can pass this important piece of legislation. Have I accurately identified that concern?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6563138\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6563139\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense que vous avez cern\u00e9 l'un des probl\u00e8mes des grandes entreprises agricoles. Elles cherchent \u00e0 obtenir des rendements et ne sont pas n\u00e9cessairement toujours de bons intendants de la terre. Ce n'est pas qu'elles sont toutes comme \u00e7a, et je ne veux pas les mettre toutes dans le m\u00eame panier, mais les familles d'agriculteurs savent qu'elles doivent prot\u00e9ger les terres et les ressources dont elles disposent pour les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures. Je crois qu'elles s'int\u00e9ressent beaucoup plus \u00e0 cette partie de l'\u00e9quation que les grandes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s. Ces derni\u00e8res cherchent \u00e0 g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des profits pour de multiples actionnaires. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6563140\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous avez indiqu\u00e9 dans votre intervention que votre fonds de retraite est constitu\u00e9 de votre REER et de l'actif que repr\u00e9sente votre exploitation agricole. Lorsque vous songerez \u00e0 vendre votre ferme \u00e0 l'une de vos filles, vous chercherez \u00e0 maximiser le rendement de votre retraite. Si vous vendez la ferme \u00e0 votre voisin, il vous offrira probablement le m\u00eame montant auquel vos filles estiment sa valeur, mais vous finirez par payer plus d'imp\u00f4ts si vous vendez \u00e0 vos filles, \u00e0 moins que nous puissions adopter cette importante mesure l\u00e9gislative dont nous sommes saisis. Ai-je bien cern\u00e9 cette pr\u00e9occupation?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/43-2/25/ted-falk-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ted-falk/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4162/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11173570",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/43-2/25/",
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}