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{
    "time": "2018-04-26 15:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Diane Lebouthillier (Minister of National Revenue, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Diane Lebouthillier (ministre du Revenu national, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5361891\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, our government recognizes the important role that small businesses play in creating jobs and growing the middle class.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361892\" data-originallang=\"fr\">With respect to the small business tax deduction, I want to point out that we have not changed the tax rules and that the same rules still apply. Of the over 20,000 small and medium-sized businesses reviewed by the CRA, fewer than 20 businesses classified as recreational vehicle parks and recreational camps were denied the deduction.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361893\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like to remind my colleague opposite that, when his party was in power, consultations were held with sector partners and his government decided not to make any changes.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5361891\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, notre gouvernement reconna\u00eet le r\u00f4le majeur des petites entreprises dans la cr\u00e9ation d'emplois et la croissance de la classe moyenne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361892\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Au sujet de la d\u00e9duction applicable aux petites et moyennes entreprises, je tiens \u00e0 souligner que nous n'avons pas chang\u00e9 les r\u00e8gles fiscales et que les m\u00eames dispositions continuent toujours de s'appliquer. Plus de 20 000 PME examin\u00e9es par l'Agence et moins de 20 entreprises class\u00e9es comme des parcs de v\u00e9hicules r\u00e9cr\u00e9atifs et des camps r\u00e9cr\u00e9atifs se sont vu refuser la d\u00e9duction. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361893\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je tiens \u00e0 rappeler \u00e0 mon coll\u00e8gue d'en face que, lorsque son parti \u00e9tait au pouvoir, des consultations avec les partenaires du milieu avaient eu lieu et que son gouvernement avait d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de ne rien changer. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/4/26/diane-lebouthillier-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/diane-lebouthillier/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4236/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10086120",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/4/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F4%2F26%2F"
    }
}