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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2004-11-24 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bradley Trost (Saskatoon\u2014Humboldt, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, while all Canadians are already experiencing a winter without NHL hockey, the finance minister is doing his best to end junior hockey in Saskatchewan.</p>\n<p>The Saskatchewan Jr. Hockey League is the only junior hockey league in Canada where the players, through their sponsors, are taxed on the room and board per diem that they receive.</p>\n<p>For two years the Minister of Finance has done absolutely nothing to help teams in his home province. It is a disgrace that he has done nothing to help the SJHL. It includes teams like the Humboldt Broncos, a team in my constituency which is the heart of the town of Humboldt, a team which demonstrates the best of Canada and a team which is stuck with a $10,000 discriminatory tax bill.</p>\n<p>Fortunately, the member for Cypress Hills\u2014Grasslands has presented <a href=\"/bills/1113/\" class=\"related_link legislation\" title=\"An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (exclusion of income received by an athlete from a non-profit club, society or association)\">Bill C-285</a> to protect the SJHL.</p>\n<p>While the Minister of Finance has done nothing to help protect Saskatchewan hockey, all other Saskatchewan MPs do support the bill and will support Saskatchewan hockey.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/2004/11/24/bradley-trost-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bradley-trost/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1536/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Taxation",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2004/11/24/",
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}