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{
    "time": "2016-10-31 11:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Brigitte Sansoucy",
        "fr": "Mme Brigitte Sansoucy"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4590035\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590036\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am sure that all hon. members would like to see full employment in the medium and long terms.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590037\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I have worked with troubled teenagers who wanted to change their situation. We all want everyone to have a job that values them, gives them a sense of pride, and gives them a place in our society. However, we are not there. Until then, the government has a role to play in ensuring that all the mechanisms are in place to give every individual an opportunity to improve their economic situation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590038\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I personally think that spending this money now will enable us to save in the medium and long terms.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590039\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Doing nothing about poverty will cost us twice as much as doing something. This has been proven.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4590035\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de sa question.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590036\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je suis certaine que tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de la Chambre ont le m\u00eame objectif \u00e0 moyen terme et \u00e0 long terme, soit le plein emploi. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590037\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'ai travaill\u00e9 avec des adolescents en difficult\u00e9 qui souhaitaient sortir de leur situation. Nous souhaitons tous que chacun ait un emploi qui le valorise, qui lui permette d'\u00eatre fier de lui et qui lui permette d'avoir une place dans notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9. Toutefois, nous n'y sommes pas encore. D'ici l\u00e0, le gouvernement a un r\u00f4le \u00e0 jouer pour s'assurer de mettre en place tous les m\u00e9canismes qui permettent \u00e0 chacun d'avoir sa chance d'acc\u00e9der \u00e0 une situation \u00e9conomique meilleure.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590038\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Personnellement, je pense que c'est de l'argent qu'on pourrait d\u00e9penser maintenant, mais qui nous permettra d'\u00e9conomiser \u00e0 moyen et \u00e0 long terme.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4590039\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ne rien faire pour r\u00e9duire la pauvret\u00e9 nous co\u00fbte deux fois plus cher qu'agir. C'est prouv\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/10/31/brigitte-sansoucy-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/brigitte-sansoucy/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4451/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9203297",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Private Members' Business",
        "fr": "Initiatives Parlementaires"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Poverty Reduction Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur la r\u00e9duction de la pauvret\u00e9"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/10/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F10%2F31%2F"
    }
}