Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2016-10-28 12:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Guy Caron",
        "fr": "M. Guy Caron"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4581319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for a good question. It will be indexed in this budget implementation act. It was just not supposed to be before the parliamentary budget officer told the government that with the lack of indexation, there would be less money in 2025 for most of those families, most of those kids, than there was under the Conservative government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4581320\" data-originallang=\"en\">When I raised that issue, the parliamentary secretary told me it is not true and that the <a data-HoCid=\"214320\" href=\"/politicians/bill-morneau/\" title=\"Bill Morneau\">Minister of Finance</a> actually said it would be indexed. No, he never said it until the parliamentary budget officer presented a public report on this.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4581321\" data-originallang=\"en\">It was clear that the child benefit that the Liberals put in place would actually, initially, provide more money, but they were well content to let that money lapse slowly until it was brought forth publicly by the parliamentary budget officer. I thank the PBO and his office for their work in raising that important question and ensuring the children in my colleague's riding, in my riding, and everyone in the country would be able to count on that indexation past 2020 and further. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4581322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let us remember the lack of indexation would ensure that there would be less money gradually over the next four years to the point where, in 2020, when it starts being indexed, a family of three earning $30,000 with a child would have a mere $500 more than they would have had under the Conservatives. That means about $500 a year more than they would have had under the Conservatives. It is not much and I am glad that the Liberals are correcting this mistake. They should have admitted they made a mistake in the first place.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4581319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de cette bonne question. La prestation sera index\u00e9e dans le pr\u00e9sent projet de loi d'ex\u00e9cution du budget. Elle ne devait pas l'\u00eatre avant que le directeur parlementaire du budget ne dise au gouvernement que sans indexation, en 2025, il y aurait moins d'argent pour la plupart des familles, la plupart des enfants, qu'il n'y en avait sous le gouvernement conservateur.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4581320\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque j'ai soulev\u00e9 la question, le secr\u00e9taire parlementaire m'a r\u00e9pondu que c'\u00e9tait faux et que le <a data-HoCid=\"214320\" href=\"/politicians/bill-morneau/\" title=\"Bill Morneau\">ministre des Finances</a> avait d\u00e9j\u00e0 d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la prestation serait index\u00e9e. Non, il n'avait jamais dit une telle chose avant que le directeur parlementaire du budget ne publie un rapport \u00e0 ce sujet.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4581321\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il \u00e9tait clair que la prestation pour enfants instaur\u00e9e par les lib\u00e9raux devait, au d\u00e9but, fournir plus d'argent, mais ceux-ci \u00e9taient tr\u00e8s satisfaits que les fonds s'\u00e9puisent lentement, jusqu'\u00e0 ce que le directeur parlementaire du budget rende la chose publique. Je le remercie, ainsi que ses employ\u00e9s, d'avoir soulev\u00e9 cette question importante et de faire en sorte que les enfants de la circonscription de mon coll\u00e8gue, de ma circonscription et de toutes les circonscriptions du pays puissent compter sur cette indexation apr\u00e8s 2020.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4581322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il faut se rappeler que, en raison de l'absence d'indexation, il y aurait de moins en moins d'argent au cours des quatre prochaines ann\u00e9es, de sorte que, en 2020, lorsque la prestation serait de nouveau index\u00e9e, une famille compos\u00e9e de trois personnes, dont un enfant, et gagnant 30 000 $ par ann\u00e9e ne disposerait que de 500 $ de plus que ce qu'elle aurait eu sous le r\u00e9gime conservateur. Oui, \u00e0 peu pr\u00e8s 500 $ de plus par ann\u00e9e que ce qu'elle aurait obtenu sous le r\u00e9gime des conservateurs. C'est tr\u00e8s peu, et je suis heureux que les lib\u00e9raux rectifient le tir. Ils auraient d\u00fb admettre d\u00e8s le d\u00e9but qu'ils avaient fait une erreur.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/10/28/guy-caron-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/guy-caron/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4141/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9202083",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2",
        "fr": "La Loi no 2 d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2016"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/10/28/",
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