Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2008-05-01 13:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Larry Bagnell",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1063820\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member raises a very good point that should be looked into more at committee. I really look forward to the comments of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business on this bill.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1063821\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Liberals, and I am sure all members, believe that small business certainly is a major part of the backbone of our economy in Canada. Sometimes it is a mom and pop operation. Sometimes it is a single operator. They are scrambling to get products from all over the place to add a few cents to the margin or, if they are creating something, to put out enough to feed the family. If we add onerous testing and evaluation of these various products, or if they have hundreds of products in their stores and a guy is trying to run the cash register yet has to trace the products and components all over the world, how will all of that work? </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1063822\" data-originallang=\"en\">These are very important questions that we have to ask at committee. Of course, to keep Canadian companies competitive, we have to make sure that things are safe, the environment is clean and labour rules are followed here. Some other countries do not do that, so we have to put into the equation how we can do all of that and, as a member from the NDP said, keep Canadian businesses in business so that we are getting made in Canada products.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1063820\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 soul\u00e8ve un aspect important sur lequel devra se pencher le comit\u00e9. J\u2019ai h\u00e2te d\u2019entendre les observations de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canadienne de l\u2019entreprise ind\u00e9pendante sur ce projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1063821\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les lib\u00e9raux, et certainement tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s, sont d\u2019avis que la petite entreprise est un important \u00e9l\u00e9ment de base de l\u2019\u00e9conomie canadienne. C\u2019est parfois une entreprise familiale. Ou encore un exploitant seul. Ces gens font des pieds et des mains pour obtenir des produits de partout afin d\u2019ajouter quelques cents \u00e0 leur marge de profit ou, s\u2019ils cr\u00e9ent quelque chose, afin de gagner assez pour nourrir leur famille. Si nous leur imposons en plus des \u00e9valuations et des tests co\u00fbteux pour ces divers produits, ou s\u2019ils ont des centaines d\u2019exemplaires de ces produits dans leur magasin et qu\u2019il leur faut, en plus de tenir la caisse, \u00e9tablir la provenance des produits et de leurs composantes partout dans le monde, comment y arriveront-ils?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1063822\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Ce sont l\u00e0 des questions tr\u00e8s importantes qu\u2019il faudra poser au comit\u00e9. Bien s\u00fbr, pour pr\u00e9server la comp\u00e9titivit\u00e9 des entreprises canadiennes, nous devons garantir des produits s\u00fbrs, un environnement sain et le respect des r\u00e8gles du travail. Certains pays ne le font pas, de sorte que nous devons prendre en compte la mani\u00e8re de faire tout cela et, comme le d\u00e9put\u00e9 du NPD l\u2019a dit, voir \u00e0 ce que les entreprises canadiennes restent en affaires pour que nous ayons des produits faits au Canada. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/5/1/larry-bagnell-9/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/larry-bagnell/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1844/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2447339",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Consumer Product Safety Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/5/1/",
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