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{
"time": "2008-02-15 11:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Joe Preston (Elgin\u2014Middlesex\u2014London, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"911294\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we are listening. We have listened to the provinces and the territories. We have listened to the municipalities and their desire to have long term, flexible and predictable funding for infrastructure needs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911295\" data-originallang=\"en\">We delivered the building Canada fund, world class action to provide world class infrastructure for this country. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911296\" data-originallang=\"en\">We must work together to correct the infrastructure deficit left by the previous Liberal government. Building Canada is a $33 billion seven year plan, with $17.6 billion going directly to the municipalities via the GST rebate and the gas tax fund. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911297\" data-originallang=\"en\">Working together, building Canada means a partnership. Municipalities asked us to extend the gas tax fund and in budget 2007 we acted. We extended it to 2014 and raised it to $2 billion a year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911298\" data-originallang=\"en\">The previous Liberal government left this issue on the back burner. Our menu is clear: building a better, stronger Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"911294\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous \u00e9coutons. Nous avons \u00e9cout\u00e9 les provinces et les territoires. Nous avons \u00e9galement \u00e9cout\u00e9 les municipalit\u00e9s et pris note de leur souhait de recevoir un financement \u00e0 long terme, souple et pr\u00e9visible pour leurs besoins en mati\u00e8re d'infrastructure. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911295\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons mis sur pied le Fonds Chantiers Canada, une mesure remarquable qui permettra au Canada de se doter d'une infrastructure de calibre mondial. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911296\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devons collaborer pour rem\u00e9dier au d\u00e9ficit en mati\u00e8re d'infrastructure que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral nous a laiss\u00e9. Chantiers Canada est un plan de 33 milliards de dollars \u00e9chelonn\u00e9 sur sept ans. Il pr\u00e9voit notamment le versement direct de 17,6 milliards de dollars aux municipalit\u00e9s au moyen de la remise de la TPS et du Fonds de la taxe sur l'essence.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911297\" data-originallang=\"en\">La collaboration et l'\u00e9dification du Canada reposent sur le partenariat. Les municipalit\u00e9s nous ont demand\u00e9 de prolonger le Fonds de la taxe sur l'essence et nous avons acquiesc\u00e9 \u00e0 cette demande dans le budget de 2007. Nous avons prolong\u00e9 le fonds jusqu'en 2014 et nous l'avons port\u00e9 \u00e0 2 milliards de dollars par ann\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"911298\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral qui nous a pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9s avait mis cette question en veilleuse. Notre objectif est clair: b\u00e2tir un Canada meilleur et plus fort.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/2/15/joe-preston-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/joe-preston/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1362/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2327367",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Infrastructure",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/2/15/",
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}
}