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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2016-06-17 11:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Guy Caron (Rimouski-Neigette\u2014T\u00e9miscouata\u2014Les Basques, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Guy Caron (Rimouski-Neigette\u2014T\u00e9miscouata\u2014Les Basques, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4435822\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, actions speak louder than words, so we will see after that meeting.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4435823\" data-originallang=\"en\">The fact is that while Canadians struggle to make ends meet in retirement, wealthy corporations continue to profit from generous tax loopholes. Offshore tax agreements signed by the government are allowing companies to stash away money offshore instead of paying what they owe in Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4435824\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why are the Liberals pursuing even more of these agreements, when they should know full well that their government is allowing profitable Canadian companies to evade paying their fair share of taxes?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4435822\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, les gestes sont plus \u00e9loquents que les paroles, alors nous verrons apr\u00e8s la r\u00e9union.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4435823\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il n'en demeure pas moins que bien que les Canadiens \u00e0 la retraite peinent \u00e0 joindre les deux bouts, les riches entreprises, elles, continuent de profiter de g\u00e9n\u00e9reuses \u00e9chappatoires fiscales. Les conventions fiscales sign\u00e9es par le gouvernement avec d'autres pays permettent aux entreprises de planquer de l'argent \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger plut\u00f4t que de payer leur juste part au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4435824\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi les lib\u00e9raux concluent-ils encore plus d'ententes de ce genre alors qu'ils devraient savoir que le gouvernement permet \u00e0 certaines entreprises canadiennes profitables d'\u00e9viter de payer leur juste part d'imp\u00f4t?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/6/17/guy-caron-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/guy-caron/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4141/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9010224",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Revenue Agency",
"fr": "L'Agence du revenu du Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/6/17/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F6%2F17%2F"
}
}