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{
    "time": "2019-06-19 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Luc Berthold (M\u00e9gantic\u2014L'\u00c9rable, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Luc Berthold (M\u00e9gantic\u2014L'\u00c9rable, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6002810\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, in 2015, the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> promised an open and transparent government, modest deficits and a balanced budget in 2019, electoral reform and real change.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002811\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> What did the Prime Minister actually deliver? A government branded by his four ethics violations, astronomical deficits and attempts to influence the election. He did deliver one real change. Unlike the Conservatives, who want to make life more affordable, he raised taxes on all Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002812\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> He promised an environmental plan, but he gave us a tax plan instead. The only thing he knows how to do is tax all Canadians without being able to deliver results. What is more, the government's true intentions have been revealed by the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who calculated that the carbon tax will have to be five times higher than announced in order to meet the Paris targets. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002813\" data-originallang=\"fr\">All Canadians, even Quebeckers, will have to pay more, since everything will get more expensive because of this Liberal government. We know now that it wants to raise taxes more and more. The environmental tax, or environmental plan on taxable paper is not what was promised.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002814\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> On October 21, Canadians will send the Liberals packing.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6002810\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, voici ce que nous annon\u00e7ait le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> en 2015: un gouvernement ouvert et transparent, de l\u00e9gers d\u00e9ficits et le retour \u00e0 l'\u00e9quilibre budg\u00e9taire en 2019, une r\u00e9forme \u00e9lectorale et un vrai changement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002811\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Que nous a livr\u00e9 le premier ministre? C'est un gouvernement marqu\u00e9 au fer rouge par quatre manquements \u00e0 l'\u00e9thique de la part du premier ministre, des d\u00e9ficits astronomiques, des tentatives d'influencer les \u00e9lections et un vrai changement. Contrairement aux conservateurs, qui veulent rendre la vie des gens plus abordable, il a augment\u00e9 les taxes de tous les citoyens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002812\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Il avait annonc\u00e9 un plan environnemental; il a livr\u00e9 un plan fiscal. La seule chose qu'il sait faire, c'est taxer tous les citoyens, sans \u00eatre capable de produire des r\u00e9sultats. Qui plus est, le directeur parlementaire du budget a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 les intentions du gouvernement: la taxe sur le carbone devra \u00eatre cinq fois plus \u00e9lev\u00e9e que ce qu'il avait annonc\u00e9 pour atteindre les cibles de l'Accord de Paris. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002813\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Tous les Canadiens, m\u00eame les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, devront payer plus, parce que tout sera plus cher \u00e0 cause de ce gouvernement lib\u00e9ral. On sait aujourd'hui qu'il veut taxer les gens encore et encore plus. Le plan environnemental, fiscal, non, environnemental, je m'excuse, sur du papier taxable, euh, \u00ab genre comme chose \u00bb, n'est pas ce qu'il avait annonc\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6002814\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Le 21 octobre, les Canadiens vont l'envoyer faire ses bo\u00eetes.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/6/19/luc-berthold-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/luc-berthold/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4436/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10718920",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "2019 General Election",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9lection g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de 2019"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/6/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F6%2F19%2F"
    }
}