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{
"time": "2017-11-03 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Stephanie Kusie (Calgary Midnapore, CPC)",
"fr": "Mme Stephanie Kusie (Calgary Midnapore, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5103561\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the high-tax Liberal government continues to make life more difficult for Canadians. Now it is attacking people with disabilities. Constituents with type 1 diabetes are being denied the disability tax credit. Treatment can cost up to $15,000 a year, requiring multiple daily blood tests and regular insulin treatments. Without this, diabetics may face amputation, coma, and even death.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5103562\" data-originallang=\"en\">In 2016, 80% of applications for the tax credit were approved, but now 80% are being rejected. The cash-hungry Liberal government has suddenly decided that people with type 1 diabetes are not actually disabled. Even worse, the Liberals are now robbing these people of funds legally put aside in disability savings plans. This is not right. As deputy shadow minister for health for the official opposition, I am standing up for the 3.4 million diabetic Canadians, even if the Liberals will not.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5103561\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, grand champion des imp\u00f4ts, le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral continue de rendre la vie difficile aux Canadiens. Il s\u2019attaque maintenant aux personnes handicap\u00e9es. Des citoyens qui ont un diab\u00e8te de type 1 se voient maintenant priv\u00e9s du cr\u00e9dit d\u2019imp\u00f4t pour personnes handicap\u00e9es. Le traitement de la maladie peut co\u00fbter jusqu\u2019\u00e0 15 000 $ par an et suppose plusieurs tests sanguins par jour et des traitements \u00e0 l\u2019insuline, faute de quoi les diab\u00e9tiques s\u2019exposent \u00e0 l\u2019amputation, au coma, voire \u00e0 la mort.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5103562\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 2016, 80 % des demandes de cr\u00e9dit d\u2019imp\u00f4t \u00e9taient approuv\u00e9s et aujourd\u2019hui, elles sont rejet\u00e9es \u00e0 80 %. Le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral avide d\u2019argent a tout \u00e0 coup d\u00e9cid\u00e9 que les gens atteints du diab\u00e8te de type 1 ne sont pas vraiment handicap\u00e9s. Pire encore, les lib\u00e9raux leur volent maintenant l\u2019argent qu\u2019ils ont mis de c\u00f4t\u00e9 dans un r\u00e9gime enregistr\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9pargne-invalidit\u00e9. Ils n\u2019ont pas le droit de le faire. En tant que ministre adjointe du cabinet fant\u00f4me pour la sant\u00e9, je d\u00e9fends les 3,4 millions de diab\u00e9tiques canadiens, m\u00eame si les lib\u00e9raux ne le font pas. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/11/3/stephanie-kusie-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/stephanie-kusie/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4455/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9761160",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Taxation",
"fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/11/3/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F11%2F3%2F"
}
}