Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2018-04-16 18:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis",
        "fr": "M. Garnett Genuis"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5344710\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, sometimes in political debate we get caught up in the jargon and use phrases that have been focus grouped in detail but are not at all clear as to what they actually mean. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5344711\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member spoke about investing in Canadians. A suggestion for investing in Canadians is to cut their taxes. That would be an investment in Canadians that I think a lot of people are looking for. We see all kinds of ways in which the government is increasing taxes on Canadians so that it can fund a narrower group of people. For example, the government is spending $1 billion on superclusters. It is giving money to big corporations, when what we have seen is that the most effective way to grow the economy is not by giving subsidies to superclusters and picking winners and losers in the economy, but by giving Canadians back more of their own money so that they can then invest and spend on things that are important to them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5344712\" data-originallang=\"en\">With respect to what the member was talking about in terms of results, I will say that the status of the economy is always affected by a wide variety of different factors. I know, for example, that the members opposite wanted to entirely blame the Conservative government when there was a global financial recession. However, we are seeing worrying indicators in terms of business investments that are a direct result of the policies of the current government that will have a negative impact over time, and I think many analysts know that.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5344710\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, parfois dans le feu d\u2019un d\u00e9bat politique, certains s\u2019emm\u00ealent dans le jargon et utilisent des expressions qui reviennent fr\u00e9quemment dans les groupes de r\u00e9flexion, mais dont la signification n\u2019est pas toujours claire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5344711\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma coll\u00e8gue parle d\u2019investir dans les Canadiens. Une bonne fa\u00e7on d\u2019investir dans les Canadiens serait d\u2019abaisser leurs imp\u00f4ts. Je crois que bien des gens auraient d\u00e9sir\u00e9 ce type d\u2019investissement dans les Canadiens. Nous constatons les nombreuses mani\u00e8res par lesquelles le gouvernement augmente les imp\u00f4ts des Canadiens pour avantager un petit groupe de gens. Par exemple, le gouvernement d\u00e9pense un milliard de dollars pour les supergrappes. Il donne de l\u2019argent aux grandes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s, alors que nous avons constat\u00e9 que la fa\u00e7on la plus efficace de faire cro\u00eetre l\u2019\u00e9conomie n\u2019est pas de subventionner les supergrappes et de choisir qui va prosp\u00e9rer et qui va perdre au sein de l\u2019\u00e9conomie. Au contraire, il faut redonner aux Canadiens davantage de l'argent qu\u2019ils ont vers\u00e9 au gouvernement afin qu\u2019ils puissent l'investir et le d\u00e9penser dans ce qui leur est important.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5344712\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Parlons maintenant de r\u00e9sultats. Je r\u00e9pondrai \u00e0 ma coll\u00e8gue que l\u2019\u00e9tat de l\u2019\u00e9conomie d\u00e9pend d\u2019une grande vari\u00e9t\u00e9 de facteurs. Je sais par exemple que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s d'en face voulaient rejeter toute la responsabilit\u00e9 sur le gouvernement conservateur alors que la r\u00e9cession financi\u00e8re faisait des ravages dans le monde entier. Cependant, nous observons des indicateurs inqui\u00e9tants dans le domaine des investissements commerciaux qui d\u00e9coulent directement des politiques du gouvernement actuel et qui auront des r\u00e9percussions n\u00e9fastes avec le temps. Je crois que plusieurs analystes l\u2019ont constat\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/4/16/garnett-genuis-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/garnett-genuis/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4383/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10049893",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1",
        "fr": "Loi no 1 d'ex\u00e9cution du budget de 2018"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/4/16/",
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    }
}