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{
"time": "2017-11-09 15:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bernard G\u00e9n\u00e9reux (Montmagny\u2014L'Islet\u2014Kamouraska\u2014Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Bernard G\u00e9n\u00e9reux (Montmagny\u2014L'Islet\u2014Kamouraska\u2014Rivi\u00e8re-du-Loup, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5118170\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to hear my colleague's question. In the 1980s, we introduced the GST and the Liberals were adamant that they would eliminate it as quickly as possible. Quite the opposite happened and, even worse, they increased this tax several times. It was lowered again under Mr. Harper.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5118171\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In reality, the government is now proposing a tax on a good that will be sold to young people. Not only are they taxing all Canadians, they are taxing young people. The goal is to collect money to pay off the Liberal deficit at the expense of young people. That is what they are doing.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5118170\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis content d'entendre la question de mon coll\u00e8gue. Dans les ann\u00e9es 1980, nous avons mis en place la TPS et les lib\u00e9raux avaient d\u00e9chir\u00e9 leur chemise en disant qu'ils allaient l'enlever dans les plus brefs d\u00e9lais. Tout le contraire est arriv\u00e9 et, pire encore, ils ont augment\u00e9 cette taxe plusieurs fois. Ensuite, sous M. Harper, nous l'avons abaiss\u00e9e \u00e0 nouveau. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5118171\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cependant, la r\u00e9alit\u00e9, c'est que le gouvernement nous propose maintenant d'imposer une taxe sur un produit qui va \u00eatre vendu aux jeunes. Alors, en plus de taxer toute la population, il va taxer les jeunes. Son but, c'est de collecter de l'argent pour financer son d\u00e9ficit sur le dos des jeunes. C'est cela, la r\u00e9alit\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/11/9/bernard-genereux-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bernard-genereux/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4448/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9781169",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Cannabis Act",
"fr": "Loi sur le cannabis"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/11/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F11%2F9%2F"
}
}