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{
"time": "2009-03-24 14:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Michael Savage (Dartmouth\u2014Cole Harbour, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1370995\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today's employment insurance numbers highlight very serious job losses in Canada. They are, indeed, sobering and Canadians are hurting.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1370996\" data-originallang=\"en\">Some 24,000 new EI recipients were processed in January but over 100,000 Canadians lost their jobs in January alone. That means tens of thousands of unemployed Canadians either do not qualify for EI or, if they do, are experiencing unacceptable delays in having their claims processed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1370997\" data-originallang=\"en\">What does the minister have to say specifically to the many thousands of Canadians who have paid into EI for years but are unable to get it when they need it and when they deserve it?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1370995\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les donn\u00e9es actuelles sur l'assurance-emploi illustrent les importantes pertes d'emploi survenues au Canada. Ces chiffres font r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir et ils montrent que les Canadiens souffrent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1370996\" data-originallang=\"en\">En janvier, il y a eu environ 24 000 nouveaux prestataires de l'assurance-emploi, mais plus de 100 000 Canadiens ont perdu leur emploi au cours de ce seul mois. Cela signifie que des dizaines de milliers de ch\u00f4meurs canadiens ne sont pas admissibles aux prestations d'assurance-emploi ou, s'ils le sont, qu'ils subissent des retards inacceptables dans le traitement de leurs demandes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1370997\" data-originallang=\"en\">Qu'est-ce que la ministre a \u00e0 dire aux milliers de Canadiens qui ont cotis\u00e9 au programme d'assurance-emploi durant des ann\u00e9es mais qui ne peuvent toucher de prestations lorsqu'ils en ont besoin, et qui m\u00e9ritent cette aide?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/3/24/michael-savage-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-savage/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/560/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2670247",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Employment Insurance",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/3/24/",
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}
}