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{
"time": "2022-10-17 16:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mark Gerretsen",
"fr": "M. Mark Gerretsen"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7344891\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I do not think that it is acceptable to make people wait any longer than is absolutely necessary. This is long overdue and needs to come into effect as soon as possible.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7344892\" data-originallang=\"en\">I also want to ensure that, when it is done, it is done right. I want to make sure that the proper research is done so that, when establishing amounts like the member is asking about, establishing criteria like we have heard from the Conservatives and the Bloc, when all of that is done, it is done in a way that respects the fact that we have multiple different jurisdictions already engaging in disability payments, that they do not claw back on those payments and that people are receiving this benefit equally across the country. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7344893\" data-originallang=\"en\">I appreciate the New Democrats' passion on this, but I feel as though they are trying to apply a certain degree of simplicity to what I see as a very complex equation and problem that we need to iron out and make sure we get right.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7344891\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je ne pense pas qu\u2019il soit acceptable de faire attendre les gens plus longtemps qu\u2019il n\u2019est absolument n\u00e9cessaire. Cette mesure est attendue depuis longtemps et doit entrer en vigueur le plus rapidement possible.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7344892\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je veux \u00e9galement m\u2019assurer que, lorsque ce sera fait, ce sera fait correctement. Je veux m\u2019assurer que les recherches appropri\u00e9es sont effectu\u00e9es de sorte que, lorsqu\u2019on aura \u00e9tabli les montants comme le d\u00e9put\u00e9 le demande, lorsqu\u2019on aura \u00e9tabli les crit\u00e8res comme le demandent les conservateurs et les bloquistes, lorsque tout cela sera fait, ce sera en prenant en consid\u00e9ration qu\u2019il y a d\u00e9j\u00e0 plusieurs provinces ou territoires qui versent des paiements d\u2019invalidit\u00e9, qu\u2019ils ne r\u00e9cup\u00e9reront pas ces paiements et que les gens recevront cette prestation de fa\u00e7on \u00e9gale partout au pays. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7344893\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je comprends la passion des n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de cette question, mais j\u2019ai l\u2019impression qu\u2019ils essaient d\u2019appliquer un certain degr\u00e9 de simplicit\u00e9 \u00e0 ce que je consid\u00e8re comme une \u00e9quation et un probl\u00e8me tr\u00e8s complexes que nous devons r\u00e9soudre correctement.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/10/17/mark-gerretsen-6/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mark-gerretsen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11854900",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Disability Benefit Act",
"fr": "Loi sur la prestation canadienne pour les personnes handicap\u00e9es"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/10/17/",
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}