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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2009-04-30 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1433832\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House of Commons voted unanimously in favour of a Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois motion calling for Quebec to be compensated in the amount of $2.6 billion for harmonizing its sales tax with the GST while continuing to be responsible for collecting and administering those taxes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1433833\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> And yet immediately after the vote, the <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a> went out and told the media that say he supported the principle of harmonization, but not the $2.6 billion compensation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1433834\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Voting for one thing and saying the opposite 10 minutes later is called hypocrisy. Will the minister admit that his attitude is totally contrary to the principles\u2014</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1433832\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, hier, la Chambre des communes a vot\u00e9 \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9 en faveur d'une motion du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois demandant que le Qu\u00e9bec soit indemnis\u00e9 \u00e0 hauteur de 2,6 milliards de dollars pour avoir harmonis\u00e9 sa taxe de vente avec la TPS tout en gardant la perception et l'administration de ces taxes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1433833\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourtant, imm\u00e9diatement apr\u00e8s le vote, le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> est sorti en point de presse pour dire qu'il \u00e9tait favorable au principe d'harmonisation, mais pas avec l'indemnisation de 2,6 milliards de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1433834\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Voter pour une chose et dire son contraire dix minutes plus tard, on appelle cela de l'hypocrisie. Le ministre admettra-t-il que son attitude contrevient carr\u00e9ment aux principes...</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/4/30/gilles-duceppe-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gilles-duceppe/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/403/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2732161",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Goods and Services Tax",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/4/30/",
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}
}