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{
"time": "2021-05-26 20:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster\u2014Burnaby, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Peter Julian (New Westminster\u2014Burnaby, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6741547\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Chair, I would also like to use my time to ask questions and listen to the minister's replies. I thank her for being here this evening.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6741548\" data-originallang=\"en\">In every previous crisis that Canada has lived through, there have been strict laws against profiteering and there has been a sense that we are all in this together. That has not happened this time with the government. Canada's billionaires have increased their wealth by an astounding $80 billion during the pandemic. Other countries have experienced this and have put into place measures such as a wealth tax. A wealth tax is supported by over 80% of Canadians, as the minister well knows.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6741549\" data-originallang=\"en\">My first question is very simple. Why does the government refuse to put into place a wealth tax as we go through this pandemic?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6741547\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la pr\u00e9sidente, j'aimerais aussi utiliser mon temps de parole pour poser des questions et pour \u00e9couter les r\u00e9ponses de la ministre. D'ailleurs, je la remercie de sa disponibilit\u00e9, ce soir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6741548\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lors de chacune des crises que le Canada a travers\u00e9es par le pass\u00e9, il y a eu des lois rigoureuses contre le mercantilisme, et les gens avaient le sentiment qu'ils \u00e9taient tous dans le m\u00eame bateau, mais ce n'est pas ce qui s'est produit sous le gouvernement actuel. Au cours de la pand\u00e9mie, les milliardaires canadiens se sont enrichis d'une somme ahurissante de 80 milliards de dollars. D'autres pays se sont retrouv\u00e9s face \u00e0 la m\u00eame situation et ont mis en place des mesures comme un imp\u00f4t sur la fortune. Comme la ministre le sait bien, plus de 80 % des Canadiens appuient l'instauration d'un imp\u00f4t sur la fortune.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6741549\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ma premi\u00e8re question est tr\u00e8s simple. Pourquoi le gouvernement refuse-t-il d'instaurer un imp\u00f4t sur la fortune alors que nous traversons la pand\u00e9mie actuelle?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/5/26/peter-julian-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peter-julian/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4198/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11338187",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Finance\u2014Main Estimates, 2021-22",
"fr": "Finances \u2014 Le Budget principal des d\u00e9penses 2021-2022"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/5/26/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2021%2F5%2F26%2F"
}
}