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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2020-11-17 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Gord Johns (Courtenay\u2014Alberni, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6350950\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the government promised supports to small businesses, and the House passed legislation on November 6, but businesses are still waiting, and they are incurring massive debt while they wait. Ultimately the Liberals should not have delayed. This should have been passed in the summer, but they prorogued Parliament, even though everyone knew a second wave was coming. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6350951\" data-originallang=\"en\">Time is running out for so many small businesses that are closed again to protect public health. The government needs to move quickly. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6350952\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why are the Liberals not asking the Senate to convene and pass these supports? Where is the sense of urgency to save Canadian small businesses?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6350950\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement a promis d'aider les petites entreprises et la Chambre a adopt\u00e9 un projet de loi le 6 novembre. Or, les entreprises attendent encore cette aide et accumulent d'\u00e9normes dettes dans l'intervalle. Le constat, c'est que les lib\u00e9raux n'auraient pas d\u00fb tant attendre avant d'adopter le projet de loi. Ce dernier aurait d\u00fb \u00eatre adopt\u00e9 pendant l'\u00e9t\u00e9, mais les lib\u00e9raux ont prorog\u00e9 le Parlement, alors que tout le monde savait qu'une deuxi\u00e8me vague de la pand\u00e9mie allait d\u00e9ferler. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6350951\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le temps est compt\u00e9 pour de nombreuses entreprises qui ont de nouveau \u00e9t\u00e9 contraintes de fermer leurs portes pour des raisons sanitaires. Le gouvernement doit agir sans attendre. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6350952\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi les lib\u00e9raux ne demandent-ils pas au S\u00e9nat de si\u00e9ger pour adopter ces mesures? Qui s'inqui\u00e8te de l'urgence d'agir pour sauver les petites entreprises du pays? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/11/17/gord-johns-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gord-johns/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4237/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11011259",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "COVID-19 Emergency Response",
"fr": "Les mesures d'urgence visant la COVID-19"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/11/17/",
"related": {
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}
}