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{
"time": "2010-12-15 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Russ Hiebert (South Surrey\u2014White Rock\u2014Cloverdale, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2259576\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I continue to hear from constituents about Bill <a data-HoCid=\"4328345\" href=\"/bills/40-3/C-428/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (residency requirement)\">C-428</a>, the private member's bill from the Liberal member for <a data-HoCid=\"128624\" href=\"/politicians/ruby-dhalla/\" title=\"Ruby Dhalla\">Brampton\u2014Springdale</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2259577\" data-originallang=\"en\">My constituents are outraged about a Liberal bill that would raise taxes to give a pension to someone who has only been a resident of Canada for three years. They want to know how the Liberals could justify raising taxes to give a pension to someone who has done little or nothing to earn it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2259578\" data-originallang=\"en\">While the Liberals will have to answer for this in the next election, the Conservatives already have good news for Canadian pensioners. Our Conservative government's Bill <a data-HoCid=\"4371983\" href=\"/bills/40-3/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and other measures\">C-9</a>, which passed in July, reforms our pension system and has made the retirements of millions of Canadians more secure. Now employers can contribute more to workers' pensions and pensions are better protected in law.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2259579\" data-originallang=\"en\">While the Liberals are busy scheming to raise taxes, the Conservatives are working hard to improve the lives of Canadian seniors.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2259576\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les \u00e9lecteurs continuent de me parler du projet de loi d'initiative parlementaire pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par la d\u00e9put\u00e9e lib\u00e9rale de <a data-HoCid=\"128624\" href=\"/politicians/ruby-dhalla/\" title=\"Ruby Dhalla\">Brampton\u2014Springdale</a>, c'est-\u00e0-dire le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"4328345\" href=\"/bills/40-3/C-428/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (residency requirement)\">C-428</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2259577\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ils sont scandalis\u00e9s qu'un projet de loi lib\u00e9ral veuille augmenter les imp\u00f4ts pour verser une pension \u00e0 quelqu'un qui n'habite au Canada que depuis trois ans. Ils veulent savoir comment les lib\u00e9raux peuvent penser augmenter les imp\u00f4ts pour donner une pension \u00e0 une personne qui n'a \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s rien fait pour la m\u00e9riter.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2259578\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si les lib\u00e9raux devront r\u00e9pondre de leurs actes aux prochaines \u00e9lections, les conservateurs ont d\u00e9j\u00e0 de bonnes nouvelles \u00e0 annoncer aux retrait\u00e9s du Canada. Le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"4371983\" href=\"/bills/40-3/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 4, 2010 and other measures\">C-9</a> du gouvernement conservateur, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9 en juillet, r\u00e9forme notre syst\u00e8me de pension et rend la retraite de millions de Canadiens moins pr\u00e9caire. D\u00e9sormais, les employeurs peuvent cotiser davantage aux r\u00e9gimes de pension de leurs employ\u00e9s, et les pensions sont mieux prot\u00e9g\u00e9es par la loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2259579\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pendant que les lib\u00e9raux s'affairent \u00e0 trouver des moyens d\u00e9tourn\u00e9s de hausser les imp\u00f4ts, les conservateurs se d\u00e9m\u00e8nent pour am\u00e9liorer la vie des a\u00een\u00e9s du Canada.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/12/15/russ-hiebert-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/russ-hiebert/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1288/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3688243",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Pensions",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/12/15/",
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}