Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2007-12-12 20:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Louise Thibault",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"837865\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"78825\" href=\"/politicians/yvon-godin/\" title=\"Yvon Godin\">Acadie\u2014Bathurst</a> who, like many members of his party, cares deeply about the well-being of his communities. That has been clear to me since I came here, and I knew it even before I was elected.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"837866\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I agree with him that the government's inaction is nothing short of scandalous in light of what is going on. I agree with what he said and I would add that I, like many others, no doubt, was dumbfounded when I discovered that the government planned to help those who were already able to help themselves. Those who are in a position to benefit from a tax cut or from a 1% GST cut are those who have money to spend.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"837867\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Consumer spending is all well and good, but we should also be talking about productivity. We have to put people to work and keep them working as long as possible. However, when people are unable to work, there should be measures in place not only to improve their employability but to support them during hard times.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"837868\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is clear that given the current surpluses, especially those that were announced before we came back to the House\u2014the $10 billion, $11 billion or $12 billion being used to pay down the debt, which is not actually a problem for Canada\u2014we could put some of that money to work to help people who need help. That is called redistribution of wealth. That is what the government should be doing, but the Conservative government seems to have forgotten all about that particular responsibility.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"837865\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie \u00e9videmment mon coll\u00e8gue d'<a data-HoCid=\"78825\" href=\"/politicians/yvon-godin/\" title=\"Yvon Godin\">Acadie\u2014Bathurst</a> qui \u2014 je le sais bien depuis que je suis ici et je le savais m\u00eame avant d'\u00eatre \u00e9lue \u2014 a toujours eu \u00e0 coeur le bien-\u00eatre de ses collectivit\u00e9s, comme plusieurs d\u00e9put\u00e9s de son parti.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"837866\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je partage \u00e9videmment son opinion voulant que lorsqu'on parle de la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 actuelle et du manque d'action du gouvernement, ce n'est rien de moins que scandaleux. Je suis d'accord avec ce qu'il a dit et j'ajouterai que, comme plusieurs autres j'en suis certaine, j'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 renvers\u00e9e de constater qu'on aidait ceux et celles qui avaient d\u00e9j\u00e0 les moyens. Or, quelqu'un qui peut b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d'une baisse d'imp\u00f4t et en profiter, quelqu'un qui peut profiter de la r\u00e9duction d'un point de la TPS, c'est quelqu'un qui est capable de d\u00e9penser. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"837867\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'est bien beau la consommation, mais il faut aussi regarder toute la question de la productivit\u00e9. Il faut mettre les gens au travail, les garder le plus longtemps au travail. Cependant, lorsqu'ils ne sont pas capables de s'y maintenir, il faut que soient mises en place \u00e0 la fois des mesures d'employabilit\u00e9, mais \u00e9galement des mesures compensatoires pendant les p\u00e9riodes difficiles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"837868\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Finalement, c'est bien \u00e9vident qu'en vertu des surplus que nous avons, surtout ceux qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 annonc\u00e9s avant que nous ne revenions en Chambre \u2014 on parle de 10, 11 ou 12 milliards de dollars qu'on retourne \u00e0 la dette \u2014, nous pourrions en retourner une partie \u2014 parce que la dette n'est pas un probl\u00e8me au Canada \u2014 et mettre cet argent \u00e0 l'oeuvre pour les gens qui en ont besoin. C'est ce qu'on appelle la r\u00e9partition de la richesse. Cela rel\u00e8ve normalement de la gouvernance d'un gouvernement, mais cette dimension semble \u00eatre compl\u00e8tement \u00e9vacu\u00e9e de la part du gouvernement conservateur.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/12/12/louise-thibault-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/282/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/898/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2270882",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Budget and Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2007",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/12/12/",
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