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{
"time": "2011-02-03 16:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Jos\u00e9e Beaudin (Saint-Lambert, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2314971\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Welcome to all of you.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2314972\" data-originallang=\"fr\">First, I would like to put a question to Ms. Pellerin. I also sit on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, and there is a lot of discussion there about poverty, about low-income families who sometimes have to make certain choices. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2314973\" data-originallang=\"fr\">What interests me a great deal are your ideas for solutions and your recommendations. You referred among other things to taxing soft drinks and energy drinks. Mr. Jeffery also suggested abolishing taxes on healthy products. In both cases, this would encourage people to make healthy food purchases. For having worked in a previous life with these low-income families, I remember very clearly that they often made specific choices. For instance, if a soft drink brand was on sale\u2014let's say, two bottles for the price of one\u2014whereas a litre of milk cost much more, those families chose to purchase the soft drinks, even if they knew that the milk was healthier. They put Coke on the table, because it cost less. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2314974\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Have you assessed this idea of reducing the cost of certain products? Is it a factor that would encourage people to make the right choice in greater numbers? Have you done any studies or surveys to verify that?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2314971\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Merci beaucoup, madame la pr\u00e9sidente. Bienvenue \u00e0 vous tous.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2314972\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tout d'abord, j'aimerais poser entre autres une question \u00e0 Mme Pellerin. Je si\u00e8ge \u00e9galement au Comit\u00e9 permanent des ressources humaines, du d\u00e9veloppement des comp\u00e9tences, du d\u00e9veloppement social et de la condition des personnes handicap\u00e9es et on y parle beaucoup de pauvret\u00e9, donc de familles \u00e0 faible revenu qui, parfois, font certains choix.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2314973\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ce qui m'int\u00e9resse beaucoup, ce sont vos pistes de solutions et vos recommandations. Vous parlez, entre autres, de taxer les boissons gazeuses et les boissons \u00e9nergisantes. M. Jeffery propose \u00e9galement une recommandation en vue d'\u00e9liminer la taxe sur les bons aliments. Dans les deux cas, on inciterait les gens \u00e0 acheter de bons aliments. Pour avoir travaill\u00e9, dans une autre vie, avec ces familles \u00e0 faible revenu, je me souviens tr\u00e8s bien qu'elles faisaient souvent un choix pr\u00e9cis. Par exemple, si une marque de boisson gazeuse \u00e9tait en sp\u00e9cial \u2014 par exemple, deux bouteilles pour le prix d'une \u2014 alors qu'un litre de lait co\u00fbtait beaucoup plus cher, ces familles choisissaient d'acheter la boisson gazeuse, m\u00eame si elles savaient que le lait \u00e9tait meilleur pour la sant\u00e9. Elles mettaient le Coke sur la table, car c'\u00e9tait \u00e0 meilleur co\u00fbt.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2314974\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Avez-vous \u00e9valu\u00e9 cette id\u00e9e de diminuer les co\u00fbts des produits? Est-ce un facteur qui inciterait les gens \u00e0 faire de bons choix en plus grand nombre? Avez-vous fait des \u00e9tudes ou des sondages pour v\u00e9rifier cela?</p>"
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