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{
"time": "2007-02-22 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Monte Solberg (Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"449191\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am surprised the member is not aware of the targeted initiative for older workers. Quebec, of course, has signed on to that agreement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"449192\" data-originallang=\"en\">Beyond that, this government and the<a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\"> finance minister</a> have created hundreds of thousands of jobs. Last month alone, 89,000 jobs were created in the Canadian economy. It goes beyond that. We are also moving forward with other plans to ensure that people in areas of high unemployment do have access to benefits. Today, 83% of all people who find themselves unemployed are able to get employment insurance benefits.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"449191\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, cela m'\u00e9tonne que notre coll\u00e8gue ne soit pas au courant de l'initiative cibl\u00e9e pour les travailleurs \u00e2g\u00e9s. Le Qu\u00e9bec, bien entendu, a sign\u00e9 cette entente.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"449192\" data-originallang=\"en\">De plus, notre gouvernement et le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\"> ministre des Finances</a> ont cr\u00e9\u00e9 des centaines de milliers d'emplois. Au cours du mois dernier seulement, 89 000 emplois ont vu le jour dans l'\u00e9conomie canadienne. Mais ce n'est pas tout. Nous prenons aussi d'autres mesures pour faire en sorte que les r\u00e9sidants des r\u00e9gions o\u00f9 le taux de ch\u00f4mage est \u00e9lev\u00e9 puissent recevoir des prestations. \u00c0 l'heure actuelle, 83 p. 100 des ch\u00f4meurs sont admissibles \u00e0 des prestations d'assurance-emploi. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/2/22/monte-solberg-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/269/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1255/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1931765",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Older Workers",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/2/22/",
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}