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{
"time": "2022-06-10 13:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Michael Kram (Regina\u2014Wascana, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Michael Kram (Regina\u2014Wascana, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7252106\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to all the witnesses for joining us today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7252107\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ms. Anghel, from the National Marine Manufacturers Association, you spoke about the luxury tax on boats. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7252108\" data-originallang=\"en\">At first glance, one might think that if a person can afford a quarter-million-dollar boat, then they can also easily afford the 10% luxury tax on that boat, and it might not be worth their time, effort or energy to try to avoid paying the tax. I was wondering if you could elaborate a bit on what consumers will do to avoid paying this tax.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7252106\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Merci beaucoup, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, et merci \u00e0 tous les t\u00e9moins de s'\u00eatre joints \u00e0 nous aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7252107\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame Anghel, de l'Association canadienne des manufacturiers de produits nautiques, vous avez parl\u00e9 de la taxe de luxe sur les bateaux. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7252108\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 premi\u00e8re vue, on pourrait croire que l'acheteur qui a les moyens de se payer un bateau d'un quart de million de dollars peut facilement se permettre la taxe de luxe correspondante de 10 % et que le temps, l'effort, et l'\u00e9nergie \u00e0 consentir pour \u00e9chapper au paiement de la taxe ne se justifient peut-\u00eatre pas. Pourriez-vous nous parler un peu de ce que les consommateurs font pour \u00e9chapper \u00e0 cette taxe.</p>"
},
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