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{
"time": "2018-11-19 14:20:00",
"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=\"5674324\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, we are hearing some rather concerning rumours about the economic and fiscal update.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5674325\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Minister of Finance seems to be under pressure from Bay Street to lower corporate taxes, on the grounds that he should keep step with the United States. The problem is that the tax cuts in the U.S. did not create jobs. They largely served to boost senior executives' salaries. Furthermore, the United States is on track to post a $1-trillion deficit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5674326\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the Minister of Finance confirm right here that he will not be announcing corporate tax cuts?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5674324\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, on entend des rumeurs assez inqui\u00e9tantes au sujet de la mise \u00e0 jour fiscale et \u00e9conomique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5674325\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le ministre des Finances semble avoir de la pression de la part de Bay Street pour diminuer l'imp\u00f4t des grandes compagnies, sous pr\u00e9texte qu'il faut suivre les \u00c9tats-Unis dans cette voie. Le probl\u00e8me, c'est que, aux \u00c9tats-Unis, les baisses d'imp\u00f4ts n'ont pas cr\u00e9\u00e9 d'emplois. Elles ont largement servi \u00e0 bonifier le salaire des grands dirigeants. De plus, elles sont en voie de provoquer un d\u00e9ficit de 1 000 milliards de dollars, soit 1 billion de dollars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5674326\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le ministre des Finances peut-il nous confirmer ici m\u00eame qu'il n'annoncera pas de r\u00e9duction relative \u00e0 l'imp\u00f4t des grandes compagnies?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/11/19/guy-caron-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/guy-caron/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4141/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10376349",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "The Economy",
"fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/11/19/",
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}
}