Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-03-23 16:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Peter Fragiskatos",
        "fr": "M. Peter Fragiskatos"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7027393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, there are a number of things there. I do not know where to begin. It will not be a surprise that I cannot agree at all with the member.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027394\" data-originallang=\"en\">First of all, he is a graduate, as I understand it at least, of the London School of Economics, so he will understand, I hope, the basics of parliamentary democracy. The governing side sits here and the opposition sits there, so an accord is not a coalition. That is the first thing that needs to be put to the member. I know he is upset that parties have found a way to work together, but we will do so on behalf of Canadians. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027395\" data-originallang=\"en\">On the point about the child care benefit that was introduced under former prime minister Harper, that was not a means-tested benefit. That benefit sent millions of dollars, in fact, to millionaire families, and that is not meaningful public policy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027396\" data-originallang=\"en\">As far as the fiscal issues that he raises, first of all, inflation is not in the hands of the federal government to control, but we are helping Canadians deal with costs. Child care would be an example. We will continue to work on pharmacare and now dental care to make sure life is more affordable, and we will present budgets that are absolutely fiscally responsible. I look forward to the coming weeks to see exactly that outcome.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027397\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certainly, gone are the days of cut, cut, cut, when we saw the Harper Conservatives lead the country into an economic mess that this government has helped to clean up.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7027393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, voil\u00e0 plusieurs \u00e9l\u00e9ments. Je ne sais trop par o\u00f9 commencer. Sans surprise, je ne suis pas du tout d'accord avec le d\u00e9put\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027394\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'abord, si j'ai bien compris, il est dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de la London School of Economics. J'esp\u00e8re donc qu'il comprend les fondements de la d\u00e9mocratie parlementaire. Le gouvernement si\u00e8ge d'un c\u00f4t\u00e9, et l'opposition, de l'autre. Une entente n'est donc pas une coalition. Voil\u00e0 la premi\u00e8re chose que je veux faire valoir au d\u00e9put\u00e9. Je sais qu'il est m\u00e9content que des partis aient trouv\u00e9 le moyen de travailler ensemble, mais nous le ferons au nom des Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027395\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce qui concerne la prestation pour la garde d'enfants qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 propos\u00e9e sous l'ancien premier ministre Harper, elle n'\u00e9tait pas fond\u00e9e sur un crit\u00e8re de revenus. En effet, cette prestation a procur\u00e9 des millions de dollars \u00e0 des familles millionnaires, ce qui ne constitue pas une politique publique utile.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027396\" data-originallang=\"en\">En ce qui concerne les questions financi\u00e8res qu'il soul\u00e8ve, avant toute chose, l'inflation \u00e9chappe au contr\u00f4le plein et entier du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral, mais nous aidons les Canadiens \u00e0 faire face aux co\u00fbts. La garde d'enfants en est un exemple. Nous continuerons de travailler \u00e0 l'instauration d'une assurance-m\u00e9dicaments et, maintenant, d'un r\u00e9gime de soins dentaires, pour rendre la vie plus abordable, et nous pr\u00e9senterons des budgets financi\u00e8rement responsables. J'ai h\u00e2te de voir les r\u00e9sultats auxquels nous parviendrons au cours des prochaines semaines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027397\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'\u00e9poque des compressions budg\u00e9taires est assur\u00e9ment r\u00e9volue. Les conservateurs de Harper ont plong\u00e9 le pays dans un fouillis \u00e9conomique que le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral a d\u00fb r\u00e9soudre.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/3/23/peter-fragiskatos-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/peter-fragiskatos/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4317/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11579668",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021",
        "fr": "Loi d'ex\u00e9cution de la mise \u00e0 jour \u00e9conomique et budg\u00e9taire de 2021"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/3/23/",
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