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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2009-10-23 13:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. G\u00e9rard Asselin (Manicouagan, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1640611\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, the question I wish to ask will also be very brief, because the member who just spoke is on the government side.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1640612\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why has no one questioned the minister, or at least tried to convince him, about the fact that if they really wanted to solve the problem of these crooks who steal from honest people, this bill should have included the elimination of the one-sixth practice, and prohibited the transfer of any fraudulent earnings to tax havens?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1640613\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why does this bill set the amount at $1 million? When someone steals $900,000, are they not still a crook? Is that not fraud? Is it only considered fraud if the amount is at least $1 million? There are certain things we do not understand and we would like the member from the government side to explain them to us.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1640611\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, la question que je veux poser sera \u00e9galement tr\u00e8s br\u00e8ve parce que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 qui vient de prendre la parole si\u00e8ge du c\u00f4t\u00e9 minist\u00e9riel. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1640612\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi ne pas avoir questionn\u00e9 le ministre ou du moins l'avoir convaincu que si on voulait r\u00e9gler le probl\u00e8me des fraudeurs, de ceux qui ont vol\u00e9 de l'argent \u00e0 des gens honn\u00eates, il fallait imposer dans cette loi l'abolition de la lib\u00e9ration au sixi\u00e8me de la peine et emp\u00eacher le transfert de cet argent, obtenu en vertu de fraudes, dans les paradis fiscaux?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1640613\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi avoir \u00e9galement \u00e9tabli le montant de 1 million de dollars dans ce projet de loi? Quelqu'un qui vole 900 000 $ n'est-il pas un bandit? Ne s'agit-il pas d'une fraude? Est-ce \u00e7a commence \u00e0 \u00eatre une fraude quand c'est rendu \u00e0 1 million de dollars? Il y a des choses qu'on ne comprend pas et on aimerait que le d\u00e9put\u00e9, qui repr\u00e9sente le parti minist\u00e9riel, nous l'explique.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/10/23/gerard-asselin-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gerard-asselin/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1491/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2910481",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Retribution on Behalf of Victims of White Collar Crime Act",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/10/23/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F10%2F23%2F"
}
}