Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2016-11-17 15:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4640068\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, we have seen pretty clearly today that the government thinks that the only way to care is to control, that if we care about people's retirement, we have to take their money away and save it for them instead of giving them the means to do so themselves.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4640069\" data-originallang=\"en\">In response to my question earlier, another member said that there is nothing here that takes away people's ability to save for themselves, but the reality is that this means more money off people's paycheques. The cost to employers will make it much harder to hire people and to raise wages. The government has also cut back on tax-free savings accounts, which we know are disproportionately used by people with relatively modest incomes simply because of their relative value a savings vehicle compared to RRSPs. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4640070\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why is the government cutting back on savings opportunities specifically for Canadians of relatively modest means? Why is it taking money away from Canadians? Why does it think the only way to help Canadians save for retirement is to take away their ability to save for retirement?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4640068\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous voyons bien aujourd\u2019hui que, pour le gouvernement, la seule fa\u00e7on de s\u2019occuper des gens, c\u2019est de les contr\u00f4ler. Et que la seule fa\u00e7on de s\u2019occuper de la retraite des gens, c\u2019est de leur prendre de l'argent pour l'\u00e9conomiser \u00e0 leur place, au lieu de leur donner les moyens de le faire eux-m\u00eames.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4640069\" data-originallang=\"en\">En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 ma question de tout \u00e0 l\u2019heure, un d\u00e9put\u00e9 a fait remarquer que rien n\u2019emp\u00eachait les gens de mettre eux-m\u00eames de l\u2019argent de c\u00f4t\u00e9, mais cela signifie qu\u2019il leur restera encore moins d\u2019argent sur leur ch\u00e8que de paie. Pour les employeurs, le co\u00fbt de cette mesure va leur rendre la t\u00e2che encore plus difficile pour embaucher des gens et augmenter les salaires. Le gouvernement a \u00e9galement diminu\u00e9 le plafond des comptes d\u2019\u00e9pargne libres d\u2019imp\u00f4t qui, nous le savons, sont utilis\u00e9s de fa\u00e7on disproportionn\u00e9e par des gens qui ont des revenus relativement modestes, simplement parce que ce sont de bons instruments d\u2019\u00e9pargne, en comparaison des r\u00e9gimes enregistr\u00e9s d'\u00e9pargne-retraite.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4640070\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Pourquoi le gouvernement a-t-il restreint les possibilit\u00e9s d\u2019\u00e9pargne des Canadiens qui ont des revenus relativement modestes? Pourquoi leur prend-t-il de l\u2019argent? Pourquoi pense-t-il que le seul moyen d\u2019aider les Canadiens \u00e0 mettre de l\u2019argent de c\u00f4t\u00e9 pour la retraite est de diminuer leur capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 mettre de l\u2019argent de c\u00f4t\u00e9 en vue de la retraite? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/11/17/garnett-genuis-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/garnett-genuis/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4383/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9241778",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Pension Plan",
        "fr": "Le R\u00e9gime de pensions du Canada"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/11/17/",
    "related": {
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    }
}