Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2014-02-11 16:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Peggy Nash (Parkdale\u2014High Park, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Peggy Nash (Parkdale\u2014High Park, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3567851\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I thank the <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">Minister of Finance</a> for his comments. However, I have to say that he did not oversell this budget. It truly is what he promised: a do-nothing budget. He certainly has lived up to that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567852\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are almost 300,000 more Canadians unemployed today than before the recession, people who are very concerned about their and their families' economic futures. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567853\" data-originallang=\"en\">There is a whole generation of young people who are looking to the government for some hope and opportunity. I dare say that they are all sadly disappointed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567854\" data-originallang=\"en\">Clearly the government is delaying any new ideas and initiatives until next year, when it is more politically advantageous for itself, which is a cynical approach to the many families who are struggling so hard across this country. I do not think those middle-class and working families, who are being nickel-and-dimed every day by measures the government has taken no action on, appreciate the government playing politics with their incomes and their day-to-day lives.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567855\" data-originallang=\"en\">The government has focused instead on challenging those who would raise voices of opposition, such as public servants, labour unions, and environmental groups, who are very concerned about the chill it is creating across the country when it comes to basic civil liberties.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567856\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are also concerned that the government has taken no action to improve the lot of veterans who are concerned about the cuts to services in many communities across this country.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567857\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are some measures the New Democrats have proposed, like banning pay-to-pay billing, which the government has said it would act on. We will wait to see if it will follow through on that. We have seen announcements like this before.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567858\" data-originallang=\"en\">We notice that there is nothing on bank fees, ATM fees, or credit card fees. Many of the no-cost measures that would make the lives of Canadians more affordable are totally missing from this budget, not to mention the ecoENERGY home retrofit tax credit, which would have been a job creation measure, which the government has not announced.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567859\" data-originallang=\"en\">We have great concerns about this budget. We are looking forward to returning to the House tomorrow to speak further to the budget. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567860\" data-originallang=\"en\">With that, I move:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3567861\" data-originallang=\"en\">That the debate be now adjourned.</p>\n</blockquote><p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"8\">(Motion agreed to)</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3567851\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je remercie le <a data-HoCid=\"78777\" href=\"/politicians/jim-flaherty/\" title=\"Jim Flaherty\">ministre des Finances</a> de ses observations. Je dois toutefois dire qu'il n'a pas trop vant\u00e9 le budget. C'est exactement ce qu'il a promis: un budget immobiliste. Il a certes tenu parole.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567852\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 l'heure actuelle, il y a pr\u00e8s de 300 000 ch\u00f4meurs de plus qu'avant la r\u00e9cession, des gens qui s'inqui\u00e8tent beaucoup de leur avenir financier et de celui de leur famille. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567853\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a toute une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration de jeunes qui comptent sur le gouvernement pour leur donner de l'espoir et des possibilit\u00e9s. J'ose dire qu'ils sont tous terriblement d\u00e9\u00e7us.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567854\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est clair que le gouvernement retarde la pr\u00e9sentation de nouvelles id\u00e9es et initiatives \u00e0 l'ann\u00e9e prochaine, lorsque ce sera plus politiquement avantageux pour lui. C'est une approche cynique \u00e0 adopter envers les nombreuses familles qui tirent le diable par la queue partout au pays. Je ne pense pas que les familles de travailleurs et de la classe moyenne qui peinent \u00e0 joindre les deux bouts \u00e0 cause de l'inaction du gouvernement appr\u00e9cient ces petits jeux politiques aux d\u00e9pens de leurs revenus et de leur vie quotidienne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567855\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement s'acharne plut\u00f4t \u00e0 critiquer ses d\u00e9tracteurs, tels que les fonctionnaires, les syndicats et les groupes environnementaux, qui sont tr\u00e8s inquiets du froid que cette inaction jette sur les libert\u00e9s civiles fondamentales.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567856\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes \u00e9galement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par l'inaction du gouvernement relativement \u00e0 l'am\u00e9lioration du sort des anciens combattants, qui s'inqui\u00e8tent des r\u00e9ductions de services effectu\u00e9es dans de nombreuses collectivit\u00e9s au pays.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567857\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le budget pr\u00e9voit quelques mesures qui avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9es par les n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates, notamment l'interdiction de la pratique qui consiste \u00e0 \u00ab facturer la facturation \u00bb, \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de laquelle le gouvernement avait promis d'intervenir. Nous attendons de voir s'il la concr\u00e9tisera, car nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu d'autres annonces du genre auparavant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567858\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous remarquons que le budget ne pr\u00e9voit rien \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des frais bancaires, des frais de guichet automatique et des frais de carte de cr\u00e9dit. Bon nombre de mesures qui n'entra\u00eeneraient pas de co\u00fbts suppl\u00e9mentaires et rendraient le co\u00fbt de la vie plus abordable pour les Canadiens manquent \u00e0 l'appel, sans oublier le programme de cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t \u00e9co\u00c9NERGIE R\u00e9novation, qui aurait favoris\u00e9 la cr\u00e9ation d'emplois, mais que le gouvernement n'a pas annonc\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567859\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous sommes gravement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par ce budget. Nous attendons impatiemment de revenir \u00e0 la Chambre demain pour en d\u00e9battre davantage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567860\" data-originallang=\"en\">Sur ce, je propose:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3567861\" data-originallang=\"en\">Que le d\u00e9bat soit maintenant ajourn\u00e9.</p>\n</blockquote><p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"8\">(La motion est adopt\u00e9e.)</p>"
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    "url": "/debates/2014/2/11/peggy-nash-2/",
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    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
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    "h2": {
        "en": "The Budget",
        "fr": "Le budget"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Financial Statement of the Minister of Finance",
        "fr": "L'expos\u00e9 financier du ministre des Finances"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/2/11/",
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