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{
    "time": "2017-10-18 15:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Le tr\u00e8s hon. Justin Trudeau (premier ministre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5063931\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, when the opposition has to resort to nothing more than mudslinging and personal attacks, we can see that the government must be doing something right. We are, because we are investing and are lowering taxes for the middle class and raising them on the wealthiest 1%. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5063932\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are lowering small business taxes for Canadians right across the country. We know that small businesses are at the heart of the economy. They are the employers, the local community hubs that make such a difference in our towns and cities right across the country. We are going to continue to stand up for small business owners and grow the economy in ways the previous government never could. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5063931\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, lorsque l'opposition doit recourir \u00e0 ce qui n'est que du d\u00e9nigrement et des attaques personnelles, nous savons que le gouvernement fait s\u00fbrement quelque chose de bien. C'est le cas, parce que nous investissons, nous r\u00e9duisons les imp\u00f4ts de la classe moyenne, et nous les augmentons pour le 1 % des plus riches.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5063932\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous r\u00e9duisons l'imp\u00f4t des petites entreprises pour les Canadiens de tout le pays. Nous savons que les petites entreprises sont au coeur de l'\u00e9conomie. Ce sont elles les employeurs et les carrefours communautaires locaux qui font une grande diff\u00e9rence dans les villes et les villages du Canada. Nous allons continuer de d\u00e9fendre les propri\u00e9taires de petites entreprises et de faire cro\u00eetre l'\u00e9conomie, comme le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent n'a jamais pu le faire. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/10/18/justin-trudeau-33/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/justin-trudeau/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1211/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9715283",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Ethics",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9thique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/10/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F10%2F18%2F"
    }
}