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{
"time": "2008-11-28 11:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Ted Menzies (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1249705\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, speaking of course, I think we are on the right course. That is evidenced by the fact that the United Kingdom earlier this week did exactly what we did in our fall economic statement of 2007, that is, reducing its value added tax. That is exactly what this <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">finance minister</a> did.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1249706\" data-originallang=\"en\">This <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> is showing leadership. He spoke to us in year-end interviews, warning Canadians about this, and some of the hon. members did not believe him. The member for <a data-HoCid=\"128481\" href=\"/politicians/john-mccallum/\" title=\"John McCallum\">Markham\u2014Unionville</a> said that is ridiculous, the economy is going to grow by 2.5%. What is he saying now?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1249705\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je crois plut\u00f4t que nous devons maintenir le cap. La preuve en est que, cette semaine, le Royaume-Uni a fait exactement ce que nous proposions dans notre expos\u00e9 \u00e9conomique de 2007: il a r\u00e9duit sa taxe sur la valeur ajout\u00e9e. C'est exactement ce qu'a fait le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1249706\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> fait preuve de leadership. Il nous a parl\u00e9 lors d'entrevues accord\u00e9es dans le cadre de r\u00e9trospectives de fin d'ann\u00e9e. Il avait pr\u00e9venu les Canadiens que cela arriverait, et certains d\u00e9put\u00e9s ne l'ont pas cru. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"128481\" href=\"/politicians/john-mccallum/\" title=\"John McCallum\">Markham\u2014Unionville</a> avait dit que c'\u00e9tait ridicule, que l'\u00e9conomie allait plut\u00f4t cro\u00eetre de 2,5 p. 100. Qu'est-ce qu'il en dit maintenant?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/11/28/ted-menzies-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ted-menzies/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1254/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2564451",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/11/28/",
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}