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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2013-04-19 12:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Manon Perreault (Montcalm, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Manon Perreault (Montcalm, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3280018\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' budget is full of hidden taxes. They want to increase taxes on thousands of consumer goods and are neglecting the Canadians who are hit the hardest by existing taxes, such as taxes on assistive technology for people with vision loss.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3280019\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Under the current legislation, these items are fully taxed unless approved by a doctor or institution. This is unfair discrimination against people with vision loss.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3280020\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why do the Conservatives think they know best when it comes to people with vision loss?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3280018\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans le budget des conservateurs, on retrouve plein de taxes cach\u00e9es. Ils veulent hausser les taxes sur des milliers de produits de consommation et n\u00e9gligent les gens les plus durement affect\u00e9s par les taxes existantes, comme celles sur les aides technologiques pour les personnes vivant avec une d\u00e9ficience visuelle.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3280019\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Sous la pr\u00e9sente loi, \u00e0 moins d'obtenir l'approbation d'un m\u00e9decin ou d'une institution, les taxes s'appliquent sur ces articles, et ce, \u00e0 taux plein. C'est une discrimination injuste envers les personnes vivant avec une d\u00e9ficience visuelle.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3280020\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi les conservateurs pr\u00e9tendent-ils mieux conna\u00eetre les besoins des personnes vivant avec une d\u00e9ficience visuelle?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/4/19/manon-perreault-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/manon-perreault/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4062/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7969837",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Taxation",
"fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/4/19/",
"related": {
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}
}