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{
"time": "2023-09-25 16:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Brian Masse (Windsor West, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Brian Masse (Windsor-Ouest, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7928305\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I thank the minister for Bill <a data-HoCid=\"12569206\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-56/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act\">C-56</a>. Some movement on the Competition Bureau is very important, and I appreciate his efforts. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928306\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is the 1386 \u201cYeoman's Tale\u201d that the phrase \u201cbetter late than never\u201d comes from. It is good to see the efficiency defence being looked at.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928307\" data-originallang=\"en\">This was previously a motion in committee, an amendment to the previous Competition Bureau work we did, which was actually defeated by the Liberals. Since that time, we have also seen greater mergers. Are they really committed long-term to this? We opposed the Rona takeover by Lowe's, which was approved by the Liberals, Zellers being taken over by Target, Future Shop by Best Buy, and most recently the Rogers and Shaw merger. Is this actually going to be a change in behaviour for the long term from the Liberal Party of Canada to increase competition?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7928305\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie le ministre pour le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"12569206\" href=\"/bills/44-1/C-56/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act and the Competition Act\">C\u201156</a>. Il est tr\u00e8s important de faire \u00e9voluer les choses au Bureau de la concurrence, et je le remercie pour ses efforts. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928306\" data-originallang=\"en\"> C'est dans le <em>Conte de l'assistant du chanoine</em>, \u00e9crit en 1386, que l'on trouve l'expression \u00ab mieux vaut tard que jamais \u00bb pour la premi\u00e8re fois en anglais. Il est bon de voir que l'on s'int\u00e9resse \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense de l'efficacit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928307\" data-originallang=\"en\">En fait, cela a d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait l'objet d'une motion au comit\u00e9, d'une modification aux travaux ant\u00e9rieurs que nous avions faits sur le Bureau de la concurrence, et cette motion a \u00e9t\u00e9 rejet\u00e9e par les lib\u00e9raux. Depuis ce temps, les fusions se sont multipli\u00e9es. Les lib\u00e9raux sont-ils vraiment engag\u00e9s \u00e0 long terme dans cette direction? Nous nous sommes oppos\u00e9s au rachat de Rona par Lowe's, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 approuv\u00e9 par les lib\u00e9raux, au rachat de Zellers par Target, au rachat de Future Shop par Best Buy et, plus r\u00e9cemment, \u00e0 la fusion entre Rogers et Shaw. Le Parti lib\u00e9ral du Canada changera-t-il r\u00e9ellement de comportement \u00e0 long terme pour accro\u00eetre la concurrence?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/9/25/brian-masse-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/brian-masse/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3653/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12333644",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Affordable Housing and Groceries Act",
"fr": "Loi sur le logement et l'\u00e9picerie \u00e0 prix abordable"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2023/9/25/",
"related": {
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}
}