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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2017-10-20 11:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Alaina Lockhart (Fundy Royal, Lib.)",
"fr": "Mme Alaina Lockhart (Fundy Royal, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5066566\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today I am pleased to update the House on an incredible Small Business Week 2017.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5066567\" data-originallang=\"en\">This week our government announced that we are delivering on our commitment to reduce the small business tax rate to 9%, while making our tax system fairer for all Canadians. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5066568\" data-originallang=\"en\">The BDC held over 200 events across the country, and here in Ottawa members of Startup Canada met with their representatives during Startup Canada Day on the Hill.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5066569\" data-originallang=\"en\"> As a former small business owner, I know that small businesses are the lifeblood of Canada's economy, employing nearly 10.5 million Canadians. During Small Business Week, and every other day, our government will celebrate and support our hardworking entrepreneurs.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5066566\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai le plaisir de parler \u00e0 la Chambre de l'extraordinaire Semaine de la PME de 2017. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5066567\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cette semaine, le gouvernement a annonc\u00e9 qu'il tiendra sa promesse et ram\u00e8nera le taux d'imposition des petites entreprises \u00e0 9 % tout en rendant le r\u00e9gime fiscal du Canada plus \u00e9quitable pour tous. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5066568\" data-originallang=\"en\">La Banque de d\u00e9veloppement du Canada a organis\u00e9 plus de 200 activit\u00e9s un peu partout au pays. Ici, \u00e0 Ottawa, les repr\u00e9sentants de Startup Canada ont eu l'occasion de s'entretenir avec leurs d\u00e9put\u00e9s pendant la journ\u00e9e de Startup Canada sur la Colline du Parlement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5066569\" data-originallang=\"en\">Moi qui ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 \u00e9t\u00e9 chef d'une petite entreprise, je peux dire que les PME sont le moteur de l'\u00e9conomie canadienne, car elles emploient pr\u00e8s de 10,5 millions de personnes. Que ce soit pendant la Semaine de la PME ou n'importe quel autre jour de l'ann\u00e9e, le gouvernement continuera de soutenir nos bons entrepreneurs.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/10/20/alaina-lockhart-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alaina-lockhart/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4296/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9723374",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9claration De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Small Business Week",
"fr": "La Semaine de la PME"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/10/20/",
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}