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{
"time": "2018-11-06 11:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Bill Morneau",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Bill Morneau"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5635705\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to respond to that new question by saying that we need to make sure that our economy and our country are resilient to face challenges. We are not going to do what the previous government did and add $150 billion to our debt and have nothing to show for it. Instead, we are going to carefully manage the amount of debt we have as a function of our economy. Happily our economy is growing, unlike it was with the previous government. That is a very important factor in our ability to manage down that debt load. We will continue to do that because we know being responsible is important while we invest in middle-class Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5635705\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je souhaite r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 cette nouvelle question en disant qu'il faut s'assurer que l'\u00e9conomie et le pays sont r\u00e9silients pour surmonter les difficult\u00e9s. Le gouvernement ne fera pas ce que le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent a fait, c'est-\u00e0-dire d'ajouter 150 milliards de dollars \u00e0 la dette sans le moindre r\u00e9sultat. Nous allons plut\u00f4t g\u00e9rer prudemment la dette en fonction de l'\u00e9conomie. Heureusement, l'\u00e9conomie canadienne est en croissance, contrairement \u00e0 ce qu'il en \u00e9tait sous le gouvernement pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent. Il s'agit d'un facteur qui joue un r\u00f4le essentiel dans notre capacit\u00e9 de r\u00e9duire le niveau d'endettement. Nous continuerons en ce sens, car nous savons qu'il est essentiel d'\u00eatre responsables tout en investissant dans les Canadiens de la classe moyenne.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/11/6/bill-morneau-14/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bill-morneau/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4352/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10358858",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00c9manant Du Gouvernment"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2",
"fr": "Loi no 2 d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2018"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Bill C-86\u2014Time Allocation Motion",
"fr": "Projet de loi C-86 \u2014 Motion d'attribution de temps"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/11/6/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F11%2F6%2F"
}
}