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{
"time": "2009-05-15 12:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1481814\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, and as certified by the Clerk of Petitions, I am pleased to present yet another income trust broken promise petition on behalf of my constituent, Mr. Neville Schepmyer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1481815\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners remember the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> boasting about his apparent commitment to accountability when he said \u201cthe greatest fraud is a promise not kept\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1481816\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners want to remind the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> that he promised never to tax income trusts. He recklessly broke that promise. He imposed a 31.5% punitive tax, which permanently wiped out over $25 billion of the hard-earned retirement savings of over 2 million Canadians, particularly seniors.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1481817\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners call upon the Conservative minority government, first, to admit that the decision to tax income trust was based on flawed methodology and incorrect assumptions; secondly, to apologize to those who were unfairly harmed by this broken promise, this tax increase; and finally, to repeal the 31.5% tax on income trusts.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1481814\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, conform\u00e9ment \u00e0 l'article 36 du R\u00e8glement, je suis heureux de pr\u00e9senter une autre p\u00e9tition, d\u00fbment certifi\u00e9e par le greffier des p\u00e9titions, sur la promesse non tenue concernant les fiducies de revenu, et ce, au nom de M. Neville Schepmyer.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1481815\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires se souviennent d'avoir entendu le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> se vanter de sa volont\u00e9 apparente d'agir de fa\u00e7on responsable lorsqu'il a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 qu'il n'y a pas pire tromperie qu'une promesse non tenue. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1481816\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les p\u00e9titionnaires veulent rappeler au <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> qu'il avait promis de ne jamais imposer les fiducies de revenu, mais qu'il a reni\u00e9 sa promesse en imposant un imp\u00f4t punitif de 31,5 p. 100, ce qui a fait dispara\u00eetre de fa\u00e7on permanente plus de 25 milliards de dollars que plus de 2 millions de Canadiens, surtout des personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es, avaient \u00e9conomis\u00e9s au prix de durs sacrifices en pr\u00e9vision de leur retraite. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1481817\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent donc au gouvernement conservateur minoritaire, premi\u00e8rement, d'admettre que la d\u00e9cision d'imposer les fiducies de revenu \u00e9tait fond\u00e9e sur une m\u00e9thodologie boiteuse et sur des hypoth\u00e8ses erron\u00e9es; deuxi\u00e8mement, de pr\u00e9senter des excuses aux personnes injustement l\u00e9s\u00e9es par cette promesse non tenue; et, enfin, de supprimer l'imp\u00f4t punitif de 31,5 p. 100 sur les fiducies de revenu.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/5/15/paul-szabo-10/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/paul-szabo/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3198/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2773712",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Income Trusts",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/5/15/",
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}