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{
    "time": "2010-04-01 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John Cannis (Scarborough Centre, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1847304\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, with respect to the bank executives earning money, we should leave that up to the shareholders.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1847305\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Does the member agree, given that this bill we are debating today is a jobs and economic growth bill, that the banks, even though there has been no move from the central bank, have the right to start jacking up interest rates? Does the member think it is right that with this bill the Conservative government is bringing in an EI employer-employee tax of over $13 billion? Will that help stimulate job growth and the economy? </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1847304\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en ce qui concerne les salaires des cadres sup\u00e9rieurs des banques, nous devrions laisser cela entre les mains des actionnaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1847305\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 croit-il, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que nous d\u00e9battons aujourd'hui d'un projet de loi sur l'emploi et la croissance \u00e9conomique, que les banques ont le droit de faire grimper les taux d'int\u00e9r\u00eat, m\u00eame si la banque centrale n'a pas encore boug\u00e9? Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 croit-il qu'il est acceptable que, avec ce projet de loi, les conservateurs augmentent les cotisations des employeurs et des employ\u00e9s \u00e0 l'assurance-emploi \u00e0 hauteur de plus de 13 milliards de dollars? Est-ce que cela stimulera l'emploi et l'\u00e9conomie?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/4/1/john-cannis-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/john-cannis/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3222/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3081198",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Jobs and Economic Growth Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/4/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F4%2F1%2F"
    }
}