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{
"time": "2021-12-14 16:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Chrystia Freeland",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Chrystia Freeland"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6880715\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, our government agrees, and I think all Canadians would agree, that seniors have been so hard hit by the pandemic. Seniors who qualify for the GRS are among the most vulnerable people in Canada, and we have to support them. That is why I am really glad that in this update I was able to confirm that we will compensate those seniors who have had their GIS clawed back because they received the CERB.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880716\" data-originallang=\"en\">The most important thing I want to do today is reassure all of those seniors, who I am sure are really worried about paying their bills, that it is going to be fixed and they will be compensated for that clawback. We are going to ensure that the compensation meets the amount of clawback for all the seniors who were affected by this.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6880715\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le gouvernement, comme tous les Canadiens je pense, convient que les a\u00een\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 durement frapp\u00e9s par la pand\u00e9mie. Les a\u00een\u00e9s admissibles au Suppl\u00e9ment de revenu garanti sont parmi les plus vuln\u00e9rables au pays, et nous devons les aider. C'est pourquoi, dans le cadre de cette mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique, je suis tr\u00e8s heureuse de confirmer que nous allons d\u00e9dommager les a\u00een\u00e9s qui ont fait l'objet d'une r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration fiscale du Suppl\u00e9ment de revenu garanti parce qu'ils ont re\u00e7u la PCU.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6880716\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce que je tiens avant tout \u00e0 faire aujourd'hui, c'est rassurer tous les a\u00een\u00e9s qui, j'en suis persuad\u00e9e, craignent de ne pas pouvoir payer leurs factures, et leur dire que la situation va \u00eatre r\u00e9gl\u00e9e et qu'ils seront d\u00e9dommag\u00e9s pour cette r\u00e9cup\u00e9ration. Nous allons veiller \u00e0 ce que le d\u00e9dommagement corresponde au montant r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9 pour tous les a\u00een\u00e9s touch\u00e9s.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/12/14/chrystia-freeland-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/chrystia-freeland/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4261/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11462947",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Economic and Fiscal Update 2021",
"fr": "La mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique et budg\u00e9taire de 2021"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/12/14/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2021%2F12%2F14%2F"
}
}