Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2019-02-08 13:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Lamoureux (Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Kevin Lamoureux (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5769546\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is always nice when we see some similarities between the Conservatives and the Liberals. We could say the Conservatives voted against the middle-class tax cuts and they voted against the tax increase to Canada's wealthiest and so forth, but today, as I have heard from many Conservative members, they are talking very positively about trade. That is something that has been fairly consistent between Liberal and Conservative governments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5769547\" data-originallang=\"en\">We could argue on another day about who has actually signed more trade agreements. History will show that it is the Liberals, but we will save that argument for another day.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5769548\" data-originallang=\"en\">I have a question for my colleague across the way. Would he not concur that when we talk about the importance of trade, and Canada is a trading nation, we need to have that trade? Having these revised agreements and new trade agreements, what we are really doing is giving more strength to those sectors that get involved in international trade. That, thereby, generates jobs and a healthier economy in Canada. That means it is better for Canada's middle class. Would the member not agree?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5769546\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il est toujours agr\u00e9able de constater que les conservateurs et les lib\u00e9raux peuvent parfois \u00eatre d'accord sur certains points. Nous pourrions dire que les conservateurs ont vot\u00e9 contre les baisses d'imp\u00f4ts pour la classe moyenne et contre la hausse de l'imp\u00f4t des plus riches du pays et ainsi de suite, mais, aujourd'hui, je constate que de nombreux conservateurs parlent des \u00e9changes commerciaux en des termes tr\u00e8s positifs. Voil\u00e0 un sujet sur lequel les lib\u00e9raux et les conservateurs s'entendent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement assez bien. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5769547\" data-originallang=\"en\">On pourra d\u00e9battre une autre fois du parti qui a sign\u00e9 le plus d'accords commerciaux. L'histoire d\u00e9montrera qu'il s'agit des lib\u00e9raux, mais gardons cette discussion pour une prochaine fois. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5769548\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai une question \u00e0 l'intention de mon coll\u00e8gue d'en face. Ne convient-il pas que, le Canada \u00e9tant un pays commer\u00e7ant, les \u00e9changes commerciaux sont importants? Gr\u00e2ce aux nouveaux accords et aux modernis\u00e9s, nous renfor\u00e7ons les secteurs actifs dans le domaine du commerce international, ce qui permet de cr\u00e9er des emplois et de stimuler l'\u00e9conomie canadienne; c'est donc b\u00e9n\u00e9fique pour la classe moyenne du pays. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 en convient-il?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/2/8/kevin-lamoureux-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-lamoureux/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4032/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10484938",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act",
        "fr": "La Loi de mise en oeuvre de l\u2019Accord de libre-\u00e9change Canada-Isra\u00ebl"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/2/8/",
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}