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{
    "time": "2023-05-01 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Adam Chambers (Simcoe North, CPC)",
        "fr": "M. Adam Chambers (Simcoe-Nord, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7729572\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, do you know what day it is today? It is tax-filing deadline, and yet thousands of CRA workers are still on strike. For almost two weeks, Canadians have been trying to get through on the phone to have their questions answered and they have been unable to do so.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7729573\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The government knew when the contract was up and it also knew when the tax-filing deadline was. Therefore, will the government give Canadians a break and extend the tax-filing deadline, and prove to Canadians that it can work instead of just hiding behind non-answers? </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7729572\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, savez-vous quel jour nous sommes aujourd'hui? C'est aujourd'hui la date limite pour produire sa d\u00e9claration de revenus. Or, des milliers d'employ\u00e9s de l'Agence du revenu du Canada sont toujours en gr\u00e8ve. Depuis pr\u00e8s de deux semaines, les Canadiens essaient de communiquer avec l'Agence par t\u00e9l\u00e9phone pour obtenir des r\u00e9ponses, mais ils n'y arrivent pas. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7729573\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement savait quand la convention serait \u00e9chue et il connaissait \u00e9galement la date limite de production des d\u00e9clarations de revenus. Par cons\u00e9quent, le gouvernement entend-il donner un peu de r\u00e9pit aux Canadiens et repousser cette date limite, de fa\u00e7on \u00e0 leur montrer qu'il est capable d'agir et qu'il ne se contente pas de se cacher derri\u00e8re des r\u00e9ponses bidon? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/5/1/adam-chambers-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/adam-chambers/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4635/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12175336",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Revenue Agency",
        "fr": "L'Agence du revenu du Canada"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/5/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F5%2F1%2F"
    }
}