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{
"time": "2020-11-30 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont\u2014La Petite-Patrie, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont\u2014La Petite-Patrie, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6392539\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, this afternoon, the government will give an economic update with a significant deficit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392540\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Historically, the Liberals' and the Conservatives' solution was to cut services to the public. That always hurts the same people, meaning workers, families and the most vulnerable. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392541\" data-originallang=\"fr\">There is another possibility, and that is to make the wealthiest members of our society pay. The NDP is proposing a tax on wealth over $20 million and an excess profit tax on certain corporations during the pandemic.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392542\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the Liberals adopt these progressive measures instead of burdening people with austerity measures?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6392539\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, cet apr\u00e8s-midi, le gouvernement va effectuer une mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique qui pr\u00e9sentera un d\u00e9ficit consid\u00e9rable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392540\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Historiquement, la r\u00e9ponse des lib\u00e9raux et des conservateurs a \u00e9t\u00e9 de couper dans les services \u00e0 la population. Cela fait toujours mal au m\u00eame monde: les travailleurs, les familles et les plus d\u00e9munis.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392541\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Or, il y a une autre possibilit\u00e9: faire payer les ultra-riches de nos soci\u00e9t\u00e9s. Le NPD propose un imp\u00f4t sur les fortunes de plus de 20 millions de dollars et un imp\u00f4t sur les profits d\u00e9mesur\u00e9s de certaines compagnies en ces temps de pand\u00e9mie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6392542\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Est-ce que les lib\u00e9raux vont adopter ces mesures progressistes au lieu d'accabler les gens avec des mesures d'aust\u00e9rit\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/11/30/alexandre-boulerice-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alexandre-boulerice/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4145/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11048897",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Taxation",
"fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/11/30/",
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}
}