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{
    "time": "2019-05-14 10:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5910513\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition on behalf of 39 of my constituents. It is on the B-20 stress test. They remind the House of Commons that when it was introduced in 2018, it significantly reduced the purchasing power of countless Canadians. A hundred thousand Canadians have failed the stress test, and 50,000 Canadians have been barred from renewing their mortgages. The petitioners also remind the House of Commons that twice at the finance committee there were attempts to have this study and it was voted down by Liberal MPs. They are asking the House of Commons to study the B-20 stress test and do a full review of it.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5910513\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole pour pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition au nom de 39 de mes concitoyens. Elle concerne la r\u00e8gle de la simulation de crise de la ligne directrice B-20. Les p\u00e9titionnaires rappellent \u00e0 la Chambre des communes que, lorsque cette r\u00e8gle a \u00e9t\u00e9 introduite en 2018, elle a r\u00e9duit consid\u00e9rablement le pouvoir d'achat d'innombrables Canadiens. Une centaine de milliers de Canadiens ont \u00e9chou\u00e9 la simulation de crise, et 50 000 autres n'ont pas pu renouveler leur hypoth\u00e8que. Les p\u00e9titionnaires rappellent aussi \u00e0 la Chambre des communes que, au comit\u00e9 des finances, on a demand\u00e9 \u00e0 deux reprises d'\u00e9tudier cette question, mais les d\u00e9put\u00e9s lib\u00e9raux s'y sont oppos\u00e9s. Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent \u00e0 la Chambre des communes d'examiner la r\u00e8gle de la simulation de crise de la ligne directrice B-20 et de la revoir en profondeur.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/5/14/tom-kmiec-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/tom-kmiec/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4224/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10626587",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Mortgages",
        "fr": "Les pr\u00eats hypoth\u00e9caires"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/5/14/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F5%2F14%2F"
    }
}