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{
"time": "2016-02-04 18:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ed Fast",
"fr": "L'hon. Ed Fast"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4192017\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I believe that the member has been engaging in some revisionist history. In fact, if we look at the 10 years that our Conservative government was in office, we consistently strengthened the regulation of the banks. We understood what it took to maintain a strong economy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4192018\" data-originallang=\"en\">With respect to his specific question, he has suggested that high spending is what is being recommended as a solution to the world's economic problems. We have seen where that led in places like Greece, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Ireland. Now we hear that there are other countries in Europe that are facing significant headwinds, Norway being one of them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4192019\" data-originallang=\"en\">We were very clear for over 10 years. We believed that it was responsible government accountability to taxpayers that would keep us on the right course. That is why, even today, Canada is one of the few countries in the world to still run a budget surplus.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4192017\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je crois que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 fait du r\u00e9visionnisme historique. En fait, si l'on examine les 10 ann\u00e9es pendant lesquelles le gouvernement conservateur a \u00e9t\u00e9 au pouvoir, nous avons continuellement renforc\u00e9 la r\u00e9glementation des banques. Nous comprenions ce qu'il fallait pour conserver une \u00e9conomie forte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4192018\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour ce qui est de la question du d\u00e9put\u00e9, celui-ci a laiss\u00e9 entendre que des d\u00e9penses \u00e9lev\u00e9es \u00e9taient recommand\u00e9es comme solution aux probl\u00e8mes \u00e9conomiques mondiaux. Nous avons pu constater o\u00f9 cela a men\u00e9 dans des pays comme la Gr\u00e8ce, l'Espagne, le Portugal, l'Italie et l'Irlande. Nous apprenons maintenant que d'autres pays d'Europe, dont la Norv\u00e8ge, se heurtent \u00e0 de fortes perturbations \u00e9conomiques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4192019\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s clairs pendant plus de 10 ans. Nous \u00e9tions d'avis que l'obligation du gouvernement de rendre des comptes aux contribuables nous permettrait de rester sur la bonne voie. C'est pourquoi, m\u00eame aujourd'hui, le Canada est l'un des quelques pays du monde qui continue d'enregistrer des exc\u00e9dents budg\u00e9taires.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/2/4/ed-fast-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ed-fast/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/410/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8782667",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des Subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Department of Finance",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Le ministre des Finances"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/2/4/",
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}
}