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{
    "time": "2014-09-16 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Stephen Harper (Prime Minister, CPC)",
        "fr": "Le tr\u00e8s hon. Stephen Harper (premier ministre, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3822731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, let me read what the Canadian Federation of Independent Business actually said:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822732\" data-originallang=\"en\">This announcement is fantastic news for Canada\u2019s entrepreneurs and their employees, and as such, can only be a positive for the Canadian economy.</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Furthermore, the CFIB said this about the bizarre accusation made by the Liberal leader:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822734\" data-originallang=\"en\">...a small business owner doesn\u2019t have time to research the eligibility requirements and then carefully manage their payroll to receive a few hundred dollars over two years.</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822735\" data-originallang=\"en\">The CFIB is strongly supportive of what we are doing and strongly opposed to the premium hikes proposed by the Liberal Party.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3822731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, permettez-moi de lire la d\u00e9claration de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canadienne de l'entreprise ind\u00e9pendante:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822732\" data-originallang=\"en\">[...] l\u2019annonce d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui est une excellente nouvelle pour les propri\u00e9taires de PME du Canada et leurs employ\u00e9s. Cette d\u00e9cision ne peut \u00eatre que b\u00e9n\u00e9fique pour l\u2019\u00e9conomie canadienne.</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Par ailleurs, la f\u00e9d\u00e9ration a comment\u00e9 comme suit l'\u00e9trange accusation mise de l'avant par le chef lib\u00e9ral:</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822734\" data-originallang=\"en\">[...] le propri\u00e9taire d'une petite entreprise n'a pas le temps de v\u00e9rifier les exigences d'admissibilit\u00e9 puis de g\u00e9rer minutieusement les salaires de fa\u00e7on \u00e0 recevoir quelques centaines de dollars sur deux ans.</p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"3822735\" data-originallang=\"en\">La F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canadienne de l'entreprise ind\u00e9pendante soutient fermement notre d\u00e9marche et s'oppose fortement aux hausses de cotisations propos\u00e9es par le Parti lib\u00e9ral.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/9/16/stephen-harper-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/stephen-harper/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1241/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8439026",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Employment Insurance",
        "fr": "L'assurance-emploi"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/9/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F9%2F16%2F"
    }
}