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{
"time": "2023-09-25 16:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston et les \u00celes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7928340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I would note that this piece of legislation goes to amend, once again, the Competition Act. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928341\" data-originallang=\"en\">A number of years ago, when Stephen Harper was the prime minister, we saw the merger of Shoppers and Loblaws. Now, Loblaws consumes a giant share of the market when it comes to groceries. Some of the measures that we see in the bill are looking to ensure that companies do not get into a position to be able to do that. I wonder if the member can comment as to whether or not he thinks that those measures in the bill are appropriate.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7928340\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je signale que le projet de loi vise \u00e0 modifier, une fois de plus, la Loi sur la concurrence. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7928341\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, quand Stephen Harper \u00e9tait premier ministre, Shoppers Drug Mart et Loblaws ont fusionn\u00e9. Aujourd'hui, Loblaws accapare une part \u00e9norme du march\u00e9 de l'alimentation. Certaines des mesures pr\u00e9vues dans le projet de loi visent \u00e0 emp\u00eacher les entreprises de faire une telle chose. Je me demande si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 peut nous dire s'il pense que les mesures \u00e0 cet effet dans le projet de loi sont appropri\u00e9es.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2023/9/25/mark-gerretsen-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mark-gerretsen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12333948",
"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/",
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}
}