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{
"time": "2016-11-28 13:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Harold Albrecht (Kitchener\u2014Conestoga, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Harold Albrecht (Kitchener\u2014Conestoga, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4664449\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, this summer I had the privilege of meeting a lady who is doing the financial work for a number of different companies in her area. She said very clearly that if the CPP increase goes through, a number of her companies would actually be forced to lay off workers, let alone hire new ones. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4664450\" data-originallang=\"en\">My colleague gives the impression that this change in CPP would somehow eliminate poverty. I want to quote a book by the chief actuary of Morneau Shepell, co-authored by the <a data-HoCid=\"214320\" href=\"/politicians/bill-morneau/\" title=\"Bill Morneau\">finance minister</a>.</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4664451\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Whatever the reason might be to expand the CPP, it is not to eliminate poverty. The poverty rate among seniors is now as close to zero as we can get. Yes, a little over five per cent of seniors today still have income below the poverty line. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4664452\" data-originallang=\"en\">Going back to the first comment I made, when companies are forced to lay off workers, or when companies that would like to expand and hire more workers are not able to do that, in the end we will have fewer people working. How is it beneficial if a very few people get access to a small increase in CPP but hundreds of others are actually laid off or are out of job?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4664449\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, cet \u00e9t\u00e9, j'ai eu le privil\u00e8ge de rencontrer une dame qui s'occupe des finances de plusieurs entreprises dans sa r\u00e9gion. Elle a affirm\u00e9 tr\u00e8s clairement que, si on augmentait les cotisations au RPC, un certain nombre de ces entreprises seraient forc\u00e9es de mettre \u00e0 pied des travailleurs. Elles ne pourraient certainement pas embaucher de nouveaux employ\u00e9s.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4664450\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma coll\u00e8gue laisse entendre que ce changement au RPC \u00e9liminerait en quelque sorte la pauvret\u00e9. Je veux citer un ouvrage r\u00e9dig\u00e9 par l'actuaire en chef de Morneau Shepell, en collaboration avec le <a data-HoCid=\"214320\" href=\"/politicians/bill-morneau/\" title=\"Bill Morneau\">ministre des Finances</a>.</p>\n<blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4664451\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Quelle que soit la raison invoqu\u00e9e pour bonifier le R\u00e9gime de pensions du Canada, ce ne sera pas pour enrayer la pauvret\u00e9. Le taux de pauvret\u00e9 parmi les gens du troisi\u00e8me \u00e2ge ne saurait \u00eatre plus pr\u00e8s de z\u00e9ro. Oui, un peu plus de 5 % des personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es aujourd'hui ont un revenu en-de\u00e7\u00e0 du seuil de la pauvret\u00e9. </p>\n</blockquote><p data-HoCid=\"4664452\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour revenir \u00e0 la premi\u00e8re remarque que j'ai faite, lorsque les entreprises sont forc\u00e9es de mettre \u00e0 pied des travailleurs ou qu'elles ne sont pas en mesure de prendre de l'expansion et d'embaucher plus de travailleurs comme elles le souhaiteraient, cela a pour effet de diminuer le nombre de personnes sur le march\u00e9 du travail. L'augmentation des cotisations permettrait \u00e0 tr\u00e8s peu de gens de b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier d'une l\u00e9g\u00e8re hausse des prestations du RPC, mais entra\u00eenerait la mise \u00e0 pied ou le ch\u00f4mage de centaines de personnes. En quoi cette mesure serait-t-elle avantageuse?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/11/28/harold-albrecht-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/harold-albrecht/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9269408",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Pension Plan",
"fr": "Le R\u00e9gime de pensions du Canada"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Motions in amendment",
"fr": "Motions d'amendement"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/11/28/",
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"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F11%2F28%2F"
}
}