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{
"time": "2006-09-29 11:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Nicole Demers (Laval, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"91237\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the <a data-HoCid=\"78780\" href=\"/politicians/john-baird/\" title=\"John Baird\">President of the Treasury Board</a> announced on Monday that the Canada volunteerism initiative was being cut. This program recognized volunteer activity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"91238\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We should remind the minister that three million seniors do five billion hours of volunteer work each year, the equivalent of more than 2.5 million full time jobs. The contribution made by these people is worth $60 billion to the economy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"91239\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Yet the government is cutting this program, which allowed seniors to feel valued, to remain active in society and, most importantly, to support the social economy. Instead of paying the $3.2 billion to seniors entitled to retroactive guaranteed income supplement payments, this government is doing nothing to give justice to the people who built Quebec and Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"91240\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Seniors are being trampled on by this government, which is constantly lashing out at the most vulnerable. Yet they are an important part of society.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"91237\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le <a data-HoCid=\"78780\" href=\"/politicians/john-baird/\" title=\"John Baird\">pr\u00e9sident du Conseil du Tr\u00e9sor</a> annon\u00e7ait lundi la disparition de l'Initiative canadienne sur le b\u00e9n\u00e9volat. Ce programme servait justement \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre ce type d'activit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"91238\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Rappelons au ministre qu'il y a trois millions d'a\u00een\u00e9s qui fournissent cinq milliards d'heures de b\u00e9n\u00e9volat par ann\u00e9e, ce qui repr\u00e9sente plus de deux millions et demi d'emplois \u00e0 temps plein. La contribution de ces personnes \u00e9quivaut \u00e0 60 milliards de dollars dans l'\u00e9conomie. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"91239\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourtant, on coupe ce programme qui permettait aux a\u00een\u00e9s de se sentir valoris\u00e9s, de demeurer actifs au sein de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et surtout de soutenir l'\u00e9conomie sociale. Plut\u00f4t que de remettre les 3,2 milliards de dollars aux a\u00een\u00e9s qui ont droit \u00e0 la r\u00e9troactivit\u00e9 du Suppl\u00e9ment de revenu garanti, ce gouvernement ne fait rien pour rendre justice \u00e0 ceux qui ont b\u00e2ti le Qu\u00e9bec et le Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"91240\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les a\u00een\u00e9s sont bafou\u00e9s par ce gouvernement qui ne cesse de frapper sur les plus vuln\u00e9rables. Pourtant, ils sont un maillon important de cette soci\u00e9t\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/9/29/nicole-demers-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/nicole-demers/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1484/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1663490",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Volunteerism",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/9/29/",
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}
}