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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2009-11-30 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jean-Yves Laforest (Saint-Maurice\u2014Champlain, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1735531\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the government is getting ready to introduce a bill that would establish the framework for provinces that harmonize their sales tax with the GST. This framework will eventually enable Ontario and British Columbia to pocket nearly $6 billion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1735532\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Since Quebec agreed to harmonize its sales tax 18 years ago, what is the government waiting for to compensate Quebec to the tune of $2.6 billion?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1735531\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement s'appr\u00eate \u00e0 proposer un projet de loi permettant d'encadrer la d\u00e9marche des provinces qui harmoniseraient leur taxe de vente avec la TPS. Ce cadre permettra, \u00e0 terme, \u00e0 l'Ontario et \u00e0 la Colombie-Britannique d'encaisser pr\u00e8s de 6 milliards de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1735532\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Puisque le Qu\u00e9bec a accept\u00e9 d'harmoniser sa taxe de vente il y a 18 ans, qu'attend le gouvernement pour l'indemniser \u00e0 hauteur de 2,6 milliards de dollars?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/11/30/jean-yves-laforest-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jean-yves-laforest/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/464/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2982405",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Tax Harmonization",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/11/30/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F11%2F30%2F"
}
}