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{
    "time": "2024-12-10 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mike Kelloway (Cape Breton\u2014Canso, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Mike Kelloway (Cape Breton\u2014Canso, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8779025\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, for years the <a data-HoCid=\"291215\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">Conservative leader</a> has lectured Canadians about the virtue of tax cuts, yet when our government introduced a GST tax break to help Canadians, what did the Conservatives do? They voted against a tax break. It is like having a doctor who would not accept their own medical advice. The Conservative leader calls himself a champion for affordability, but when the time comes, he turns his back on giving Canadians a real break.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8779026\" data-originallang=\"en\">For whom does the <a data-HoCid=\"291215\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">Conservative leader</a> want a tax break? Well, that would be his rich corporate donors. Time and time again in the House, when it is about supporting Canadians, we hear silly slogans and bumper sticker solutions. On this side of the House, we are absolutely, 100%, here for Canadians.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8779025\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, depuis des ann\u00e9es, le <a data-HoCid=\"291215\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">chef conservateur</a> fait la le\u00e7on aux Canadiens sur les vertus des r\u00e9ductions fiscales. Pourtant, lorsque le gouvernement a propos\u00e9 un cong\u00e9 de TPS pour aider les Canadiens, qu'ont fait les conservateurs? Ils ont vot\u00e9 contre ce r\u00e9pit pour les Canadiens. C'est comme si un m\u00e9decin refusait de suivre ses propres conseils m\u00e9dicaux. Le chef conservateur se d\u00e9clare le champion de l'abordabilit\u00e9, mais quand vient le temps de donner un r\u00e9el r\u00e9pit aux Canadiens, il les laisse tomber.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8779026\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pour qui le <a data-HoCid=\"291215\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">chef conservateur</a> veut-il des r\u00e9ductions fiscales? Eh bien, pour les grandes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s qui lui versent des dons g\u00e9n\u00e9reux. On ne compte plus les fois o\u00f9, \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, lorsqu'il est question de soutenir les Canadiens, les conservateurs claironnent des slogans ridicules et des solutions sensationnalistes. De ce c\u00f4t\u00e9-ci de la Chambre, nous sommes absolument, \u00e0 100 % l\u00e0 pour les Canadiens.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/12/10/mike-kelloway-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mike-kelloway/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4557/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13058906",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements by Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada",
        "fr": "Le chef du Parti conservateur du Canada"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/12/10/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F12%2F10%2F"
    }
}