{"time": "2024-11-22 11:40:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)", "fr": "M. Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette, BQ)"}, "content": {"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8722821\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, that is not really consistent with the facts.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8722822\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Canada was once the 12th major tax haven in the world and this year, under this NDP-backed Liberal government, it ranks fifth. Worse still, Canada is one of eight countries causing actual harm by preventing the UN from developing a framework for international co-operation to crack down on tax havens. Not only is Canada's climbing the ranks of the worst of the worst, it is holding on to its top-place position.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8722823\" data-originallang=\"fr\">While the federal government is condoning tax avoidance to the tune of $15 billion, it is also bickering with Quebec over releasing $50 million for the homeless, with winter just around the corner. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8722824\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Is that is what a left-leaning government is all about?</p>", "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8722821\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce n\u2019est vraiment pas ce qu\u2019on voit dans les faits.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8722822\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le Canada \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 le 12<sup>e</sup> pire paradis fiscal au monde. Il est rendu cinqui\u00e8me cette ann\u00e9e sous ce gouvernement lib\u00e9ral soutenu par le NPD. Pire encore, il fait partie des huit pays nuisibles qui emp\u00eachent l\u2019ONU d\u2019\u00e9laborer un cadre de coop\u00e9ration internationale pour freiner les paradis fiscaux. Non seulement le Canada grimpe dans le palmar\u00e8s des pourris, mais il prot\u00e8ge sa place au <em>top</em>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8722823\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pendant que le f\u00e9d\u00e9ral cautionne l\u2019\u00e9vitement fiscal \u00e0 hauteur de 15 milliards de dollars, il se chicane avec Qu\u00e9bec pour ne pas lui verser 50 millions pour l\u2019itin\u00e9rance \u00e0 la veille de l\u2019hiver.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8722824\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Est-ce cela, \u00eatre un gouvernement de gauche?</p>"}, "url": "/debates/2024/11/22/gabriel-ste-marie-3/", "politician_url": "/politicians/gabriel-ste-marie/", "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4482/", "procedural": false, "source_id": "13008072", "h1": {"en": "Oral Questions", "fr": "Questions orales"}, "h2": {"en": "Taxation", "fr": "La fiscalit\u00e9"}, "document_url": "/debates/2024/11/22/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F11%2F22%2F"}}