Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2013-10-17 13:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton\u2014Canso, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Rodger Cuzner (Cape Breton\u2014Canso, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3439128\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my leader on the job he has done, not only on his speech but certainly on connecting with and listening to Canadians over the last number of months, because obviously we saw none of that reflected in the Speech from the Throne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3439129\" data-originallang=\"en\">My good friend from <a data-HoCid=\"170451\" href=\"/politicians/yvon-godin/\" title=\"Yvon Godin\">Acadie\u2014Bathurst</a> made a comment about cuts to employment insurance. One thing we did during that time was take down the unemployment rate. When the Liberals took over in 1993, the unemployment rate was at 12.5%. The inflation rate was in the double digits. Interest rates were in the double digits. It was a mess.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3439130\" data-originallang=\"en\">We see that the number of Canadians who are working for minimum wage has doubled under the tenure of the current <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a>, and we see that the Canada jobs grant is being laughed at by seven out of ten provinces. Did the leader think that at least there would be some kind of mention in the throne speech as to how the Conservatives could fix the mess they created with the Canada jobs grant?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3439128\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je tiens \u00e0 f\u00e9liciter mon chef pour le travail qu'il a accompli, et pas seulement parce qu'il vient de faire un bon discours, mais aussi parce qu'il a r\u00e9ussi, ces derniers mois, \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des liens avec les Canadiens et \u00e0 les \u00e9couter, car nul besoin de pr\u00e9ciser que le discours du Tr\u00f4ne ne fait rien de tout cela.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3439129\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon coll\u00e8gue d'<a data-HoCid=\"170451\" href=\"/politicians/yvon-godin/\" title=\"Yvon Godin\">Acadie\u2014Bathurst</a> a parl\u00e9 des compressions \u00e0 l'assurance-emploi. Or, la baisse du taux de ch\u00f4mage figure justement parmi nos hauts faits. Quand les lib\u00e9raux sont arriv\u00e9s au pouvoir, en 1993, le taux de ch\u00f4mage \u00e9tait de 12,5 %. Quant au taux d'inflation, il \u00e9tait lui dans les deux chiffres, tout comme les taux d'int\u00e9r\u00eat. Quel g\u00e2chis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3439130\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le nombre de Canadiens qui occupent un emploi au salaire minimum a doubl\u00e9 depuis l'arriv\u00e9e de l'actuel <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a>, tandis que la subvention canadienne pour l'emploi est tourn\u00e9e en ridicule par 7 des 10 provinces. Notre chef esp\u00e9rait-il que le discours du Tr\u00f4ne nous donnerait au moins une vague id\u00e9e de la mani\u00e8re dont les conservateurs entendent r\u00e9parer le g\u00e2chis qu'ils ont cr\u00e9\u00e9 en instaurant la subvention canadienne pour l'emploi?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/10/17/rodger-cuzner-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/rodger-cuzner/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1331/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8098070",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canadian Economy",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9conomie canadienne"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/10/17/",
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    }
}