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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "1998-12-10 10:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Ref.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<blockquote>\n<p>moved for leave to introduce Bill C-466, an act to amend the Income Tax Act (exemption from taxation of 50% of U.S. social security payments to Canadian residents).</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to move first reading of this bill which would seek to reduce the inclusion rate of taxation for social security income received by Canadian residents from the 85% rate adopted by this parliament in Bill C-10, the fourth protocol on taxation with the United States, to 50% inclusion rate which existed prior to 1996. This is a measure which would provide tax relief to many Canadian seniors on fixed incomes.</p>\n<p>(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1998/12/10/jason-kenney-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jason-kenney/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2451/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Income Tax Act",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1998/12/10/",
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}
}