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{
    "time": "2023-09-25 17:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Francesco Sorbara",
        "fr": "M. Francesco Sorbara"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7928429\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I always believe in looking at the first derivative, what the percentage change in a number is and so forth. I would obviously look to see how the margins have fared over the past couple of years. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Having covered the grocery sector and the private sector, I know quite well how they operate. Literally tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, of people work for grocers across Canada along the continuum from the food terminal in Etobicoke to our local grocers in my riding, such as Cataldi, Longo's and Fortinos. Those are wonderful folks who need to be supported. They need to have good wages and good benefits, and we will make sure that we encourage that\u2014 </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7928429\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je regarde toujours la d\u00e9riv\u00e9e premi\u00e8re, l'\u00e9volution des r\u00e9sultats en pourcentages, et cetera. \u00c9videmment, j'examinerais la progression des marges au cours des derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je sais tr\u00e8s bien comment fonctionnent le secteur des \u00e9piceries et le secteur priv\u00e9. Des dizaines, voire des centaines de milliers de personnes travaillent pour les \u00e9piceries au Canada, du march\u00e9 des produits alimentaires d'Etobicoke jusqu'aux \u00e9piciers locaux de ma circonscription, comme Cataldi, Longo's et Fortinos. Ce sont des gens merveilleux qui m\u00e9ritent qu'on les appuie. Ils ont besoin de bons salaires et de bons avantages sociaux, et nous allons veiller \u00e0 ce que...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/9/25/francesco-sorbara-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/francesco-sorbara/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4226/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12334336",
    "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": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F9%2F25%2F"
    }
}