Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2021-05-18 11:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Toby Sanger",
        "fr": "M. Toby Sanger"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6757787\" data-originallang=\"en\">Absolutely, there is a cost. We came out with a tax fairness recovery plan before the budget in which we outlined a number of ways the federal government could generate over $70 billion in additional revenues. These could then be used both for paying for the pandemic by helping to fund the recovery and by introducing new programs such as those.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757788\" data-originallang=\"en\">I do want to say that, after hearing the testimony of others, I really do want to commend parliamentarians and the government for bringing in really important programs. I do think that Canada's programs were some of the best in the world, but I do get concerned when some of them are not that well targeted, which then undermines confidence in government programs. Not only does it cost more, but it also undermines confidence in government programs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757789\" data-originallang=\"en\">The method of moving forward with things like the CEWS program can be problematic in that way. It would be better if it were targeted at those who really need it, and funds then don't go to things like hedge funds or highly profitable businesses, as we have outlined. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757790\" data-originallang=\"en\">Then there are also different ways that the government could recover some of those funds, such as through an excess profit tax or through other things. We have really seen increasing inequality during this pandemic, and I think people are really compassionate and understanding about what's happened. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757791\" data-originallang=\"en\">We do need to move forward, and there are a lot of ways that the government, which has very large deficits, is going to have to pay for these. There are a lot of ways that government can move forward by taxing the highly profitable corporations and the wealthy who have done very well not only over the past decade but over the pandemic as well. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6757787\" data-originallang=\"en\">Absolument, il y a un prix \u00e0 payer. Avant le d\u00e9p\u00f4t du budget, nous avons pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 un plan de r\u00e9tablissement de l'\u00e9quit\u00e9 fiscale dans lequel nous avons d\u00e9crit un certain nombre de moyens dont le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral pourrait g\u00e9n\u00e9rer plus de 70 milliards de dollars en revenus suppl\u00e9mentaires. Ces fonds pourraient ensuite servir \u00e0 financer la lutte contre la pand\u00e9mie et \u00e0 mettre en place de nouveaux programmes comme ceux-l\u00e0.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757788\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je tiens \u00e0 dire, apr\u00e8s avoir entendu le t\u00e9moignage d'autres personnes, que je voudrais vraiment f\u00e9liciter les parlementaires et le gouvernement d'avoir mis en place des programmes aussi importants. Selon moi, les programmes du Canada \u00e9taient parmi les meilleurs au monde, mais je m'inqui\u00e8te lorsque certains d'entre eux ne sont pas bien cibl\u00e9s, ce qui mine la confiance dans les programmes gouvernementaux. Non seulement cela co\u00fbte plus cher, mais cela mine la confiance dans les programmes gouvernementaux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757789\" data-originallang=\"en\">La fa\u00e7on de poursuivre le programme de la Subvention salariale d'urgence du Canada, la SSUC, peut poser probl\u00e8me dans ce cas. Il serait pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable que la subvention cible ceux qui en ont vraiment besoin, et que les fonds ne soient pas en fin de compte destin\u00e9s \u00e0 des fonds sp\u00e9culatifs ou \u00e0 des entreprises tr\u00e8s rentables, comme nous l'avons soulign\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757790\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a aussi diff\u00e9rentes fa\u00e7ons dont le gouvernement pourrait r\u00e9cup\u00e9rer une partie de ces fonds, par exemple en pr\u00e9levant un imp\u00f4t sur les b\u00e9n\u00e9fices exc\u00e9dentaires ou en recourant \u00e0 d'autres moyens. Nous avons vraiment constat\u00e9 une augmentation des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s pendant cette pand\u00e9mie, et je pense que les gens sont vraiment compatissants et comprennent ce qui s'est pass\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6757791\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons continuer d'avancer et le gouvernement, qui accumule de tr\u00e8s gros d\u00e9ficits, devra trouver des fa\u00e7ons de les rembourser. Le gouvernement peut continuer d'avancer de bien des fa\u00e7ons en imposant les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s tr\u00e8s rentables et les riches qui se sont tr\u00e8s bien tir\u00e9s d'affaire, non seulement au cours de la derni\u00e8re d\u00e9cennie, mais aussi pendant la pand\u00e9mie. </p>"
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    "url": "/committees/finance/43-2/45/toby-sanger-3/",
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