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{
"time": "2009-10-27 10:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Irene Mathyssen (London\u2014Fanshawe, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1645056\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I present a petition on behalf of the Duchess of Kent Legion, Branch 263. The Legion has fallen into financial difficulty with the Canada Revenue Agency due to a theft of GST funds by a former employee. While that employee was charged and convicted of the crime, stolen moneys were never recovered.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1645057\" data-originallang=\"en\">The Duchess of Kent Legion has a debt of more than $275,000 and despite paying thousands and thousands of dollars on this debt the accruing interest has driven the Legion deeper into debt every month. The <a data-HoCid=\"128683\" href=\"/politicians/jean-pierre-blackburn/\" title=\"Jean-Pierre Blackburn\">Minister of National Revenue</a> has the authority under section 23(2) of the Financial Administration Act to forgive the principal and interest.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1645058\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners ask the Parliament of Canada to direct the Minister of National Revenue to exercise his authority and forgive the debt. We owe it to our veterans, men and women who have served our country with honour and courage. We need to save their Legion.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1645056\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sente une p\u00e9tition au nom de la filiale 263 de la l\u00e9gion Duchesse de Kent, qui a des d\u00e9m\u00eal\u00e9s financiers avec l'Agence du revenu du Canada parce qu'un de ses anciens employ\u00e9s a vol\u00e9 des fonds recueillis au titre de la TPS. L'employ\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 inculp\u00e9 et reconnu coupable, mais l'argent vol\u00e9 n'a toujours pas \u00e9t\u00e9 retrouv\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1645057\" data-originallang=\"en\"> La l\u00e9gion Duchesse de Kent a une dette de plus de 275 000 $, dont elle a d\u00e9j\u00e0 rembours\u00e9 des milliers de dollars. Cependant, sa dette s'accro\u00eet tous les mois \u00e0 cause des int\u00e9r\u00eats qui s'accumulent. En vertu du paragraphe 23(2) de la Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques, le <a data-HoCid=\"128683\" href=\"/politicians/jean-pierre-blackburn/\" title=\"Jean-Pierre Blackburn\">ministre du Revenu national</a> a le pouvoir d'annuler le principal et les int\u00e9r\u00eats. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1645058\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au Parlement du Canada d'ordonner au ministre du Revenu national d'user de ce pouvoir et d'annuler la dette de la l\u00e9gion. Nous le devons bien \u00e0 nos anciens combattants qui ont servi notre pays avec courage et dans l'honneur. Nous devons sauver leur l\u00e9gion. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/10/27/irene-mathyssen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/irene-mathyssen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/498/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2914866",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Duchess of Kent Legion",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/10/27/",
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}