Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2007-02-20 15:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"442897\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I think the hon. member does know that the Liberal Party announced right off the bat that it is supporting this motion. The intent of the motion is to address the national shame of poverty in Canada. We believe in social justice.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442898\" data-originallang=\"en\">We also agree that a federal minimum wage, which would only apply to about 18,000 workers in Canada, is only a small step but it is reflective of the value which this Parliament should hold and show to the provinces so they will make those changes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442899\" data-originallang=\"en\">The hon. member speaks a lot in this place about child poverty. I have yet to run into anybody in Canada whose heartstrings are not pulled when one talks about child poverty. The reality is if there is a child who is poor, that means there is a family that is poor. We really should be talking about the conditions of the Canadian family. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442900\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am going to ask the hon. member a question I asked her a long time ago. I want to see whether or not she can put it in the context of poverty. The hon. member knows very well that lone parent families represent about 15% of all families in Canada, but they account for some 54% of all children living in poverty, the 1.2 million children she referred to.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442901\" data-originallang=\"en\">We cannot legislate behaviour, but we do have to make conditions in which families in Canada can be strong. Strong families make a strong country.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"442897\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e sait que le Parti lib\u00e9ral a annonc\u00e9 d'entr\u00e9e de jeu qu'il appuyait la motion. La motion propose une solution \u00e0 la pauvret\u00e9 au Canada, une honte nationale. Nous croyons en la justice sociale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442898\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous reconnaissons aussi qu'un salaire minimum f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, salaire qui ne toucherait que 18 000 travailleurs au Canada, n'est qu'un petit pas. Toutefois, c'est un pas qui t\u00e9moigne d'une valeur que le Parlement devrait ch\u00e9rir et qu'il devrait transmettre aux provinces de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 ce qu'elles embo\u00eetent le pas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442899\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9put\u00e9e parle beaucoup de la pauvret\u00e9 chez les enfants \u00e0 la Chambre. Je n'ai jamais rencontr\u00e9 une personne qui n'est pas \u00e9branl\u00e9e lorsqu'il est question de la pauvret\u00e9 chez les enfants. En fait, si un enfant est pauvre, c'est que sa famille est pauvre. C'est de la situation des familles canadiennes dont nous devrions parler.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442900\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais poser \u00e0 la d\u00e9put\u00e9e une question que je lui ai pos\u00e9e il y a longtemps. J'aimerais qu'elle place ma question dans le contexte de la pauvret\u00e9. La d\u00e9put\u00e9e sait que les familles monoparentales repr\u00e9sentent environ 15 p. 100 des familles canadiennes, mais elles repr\u00e9sentent environ 54 p. 100 des enfants qui vivent dans la pauvret\u00e9, le 1,2 million d'enfants dont la d\u00e9put\u00e9e a parl\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"442901\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous ne pouvons pas adopter de lois sur le comportement, mais nous devons susciter les conditions qui permettront aux familles canadiennes d'\u00eatre fortes. Des familles fortes sont garantes d'un pays fort.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/2/20/paul-szabo-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-szabo/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3198/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1922721",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014National Anti-poverty Strategy",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/2/20/",
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