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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2020-12-07 12:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Luc Berthold",
"fr": "M. Luc Berthold"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6418150\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I will never question anything my colleague, the member for Carleton, says. I think his interpretation of the government's plan is very astute. He is right to criticize the government's willingness and propensity to print money right in the middle of a pandemic, not because of the impact here and now, but because of the impact it will have for years and generations to come. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6418151\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The government says it is borrowing over longer and longer terms to get the lowest possible interest rates. We know that is an illusion, a pipe dream. When one has very little and the interest rate rises just a little, that makes a big difference, but ultimately the impact is extremely minimal for Canadians. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6418150\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je ne mettrai jamais en doute les paroles de mon coll\u00e8gue le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de Carleton, qui a effectivement vu tr\u00e8s juste dans le plan du gouvernement actuel. Il d\u00e9nonce avec raison cette volont\u00e9 et cette propension \u00e0 imprimer de l'argent en pleine pand\u00e9mie, non pas pour les effets que cela a maintenant, mais pour les effets que cela aura pendant des ann\u00e9es et pendant des g\u00e9n\u00e9rations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6418151\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le gouvernement pr\u00e9tend qu'il emprunte sur des dur\u00e9es de plus en plus longues pour b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier du plus bas taux d'int\u00e9r\u00eat possible. On sait tr\u00e8s bien que c'est un leurre, que c'est une illusion. Quand on en a tr\u00e8s peu et qu'on augmente un peu le taux d'int\u00e9r\u00eat, cela para\u00eet beaucoup, mais au bout du compte les effets sont extr\u00eamement minimes pour les Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/12/7/luc-berthold-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/luc-berthold/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4436/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11067360",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Measures to Support Canadian Businesses",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Les mesures pour appuyer les entreprises canadiennes"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/12/7/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2020%2F12%2F7%2F"
}
}