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{
"time": "2014-02-11 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Kelly Block (Saskatoon\u2014Rosetown\u2014Biggar, CPC)",
"fr": "Mme Kelly Block (Saskatoon\u2014Rosetown\u2014Biggar, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3567348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, while our athletes battle their opponents to win gold in Sochi, here at home our Conservative government is fighting for Canadian consumers. We are battling the leader of the NDP who wants to raise the price of everything from gas to groceries, with a massive carbon tax.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567349\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite the opposition, our government has cut taxes over 160 times, saving a typical family of four nearly $3,400 in 2014 alone. We cut the GST down to 5%, increased the amount Canadians can earn tax free, and introduced tax-free savings accounts that are now benefiting more than 9 million Canadians. The federal tax burden for consumers is now the lowest it has been in 50 years.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567350\" data-originallang=\"en\">However, we will not stop there. Stay tuned. Today, when the world's greatest finance minister tables economic action plan 2014, there just might be more.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3567348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, alors que nos athl\u00e8tes se mesurent \u00e0 leurs adversaires \u00e0 Sotchi en vue de d\u00e9crocher l'or, au pays, le gouvernement conservateur se bat pour les consommateurs canadiens. Nous luttons contre le chef du NPD qui souhaite imposer une lourde taxe sur le carbone qui aura pour effet d'augmenter le prix de tous les biens, de l'essence aux produits alimentaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567349\" data-originallang=\"en\">Malgr\u00e9 l'opposition, le gouvernement a r\u00e9duit les imp\u00f4ts et les taxes \u00e0 plus de 160 reprises, ce qui, en 2014 seulement, permettra \u00e0 une famille moyenne de quatre personnes d'\u00e9conomiser pr\u00e8s de 3 400 $. Nous avons fait passer la TPS \u00e0 5 %, hauss\u00e9 le montant que les Canadiens peuvent gagner sans payer d'imp\u00f4t et instaur\u00e9 le compte d'\u00e9pargne libre d'imp\u00f4t dont b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient actuellement plus de 9 millions de Canadiens. Le fardeau fiscal f\u00e9d\u00e9ral des consommateurs n'a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 aussi bas en 50 ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567350\" data-originallang=\"en\">Et nous ne nous arr\u00eaterons pas l\u00e0. Restez \u00e0 l'\u00e9coute. Aujourd'hui, le meilleur ministre des Finances au monde va pr\u00e9senter le Plan d'action \u00e9conomique de 2014, qui pourrait fort bien nous r\u00e9server d'autres excellentes surprises.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/2/11/kelly-block-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kelly-block/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/963/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8228552",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Taxation",
"fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/2/11/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F2%2F11%2F"
}
}