Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2009-11-03 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ben Lobb",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1668939\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to answer the member's question with a question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668940\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have always thought that five is better than two when talking about numbers. In fact, our government added on five weeks at the end of the time for employment insurance benefits. The Bloc supports two weeks. It voted against five weeks to support two.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668941\" data-originallang=\"en\">The bill in question, as I mentioned, does nothing to change the time it takes to process an employment insurance claim. If the Bloc would like to introduce a private member's bill on that, it would be something to look at it. However, Bill <a data-HoCid=\"3627755\" href=\"/bills/40-2/C-241/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (removal of waiting period)\">C-241</a> does not do that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668942\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would also like to say that in the time I have been in the House, which is just over a year, the Bloc members speak very strongly about their support for workers and all the things they are passionate about, such as employment insurance. To date however, I do not believe they have ever voted for one thing to help unemployed people, not one. This government has provided a long list, in the short time I have been a member of Parliament, of people who are going to be on, or are on, employment insurance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668943\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member is shaking his head. I have a list of things. If he would like a copy, I will give him one and perhaps he could tell the House later about all the things he has just uncovered.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1668939\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je r\u00e9pondrai \u00e0 la question du d\u00e9put\u00e9 par une autre question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668940\" data-originallang=\"en\">En math\u00e9matique, j'ai toujours pens\u00e9 que cinq valait mieux que deux. En effet, le gouvernement a ajout\u00e9 cinq semaines \u00e0 la fin de la p\u00e9riode de prestations d'assurance-emploi. Le Bloc est en faveur de deux semaines. Il a vot\u00e9 contre l'ajout de cinq semaines pour soutenir les deux semaines additionnelles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668941\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le projet de loi en question, comme je l'ai mentionn\u00e9, ne fait rien pour raccourcir le d\u00e9lai n\u00e9cessaire au traitement d'une demande d'assurance-emploi. Si le Bloc d\u00e9cidait de pr\u00e9senter un projet de loi d'initiative parlementaire \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard, ce serait quelque chose \u00e0 examiner. Cependant, le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"3627755\" href=\"/bills/40-2/C-241/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (removal of waiting period)\">C-241</a> ne pr\u00e9voit rien \u00e0 ce sujet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668942\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ajouterai que depuis que je si\u00e8ge \u00e0 la Chambre, soit un peu plus d'un an, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du Bloc font valoir \u00e9nergiquement leur appui aux travailleurs et \u00e0 tous les enjeux pour lesquels ils se passionnent, notamment l'assurance-emploi. Jusqu'\u00e0 maintenant, je crois toutefois qu'ils n'ont jamais vot\u00e9 en faveur d'une seule mesure visant \u00e0 aider les ch\u00f4meurs, pas une seule fois. Or, depuis que je si\u00e8ge au Parlement, le gouvernement a propos\u00e9 une longue liste de mesures \u00e0 l'intention des travailleurs qui re\u00e7oivent des prestations d'assurance-emploi ou qui en recevront.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1668943\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 hoche la t\u00eate. J'ai toute une liste de mesures. S'il en veut une copie, je lui en donnerai une. Il pourra peut-\u00eatre ensuite expliquer \u00e0 la Chambre toutes les d\u00e9couvertes qu'il aura faites.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/11/3/ben-lobb-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ben-lobb/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1102/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2933467",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Employment Insurance Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/11/3/",
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    }
}