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speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2024-12-03 13:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Sonia Sidhu (Brampton South, Lib.)",
"fr": "Mme Sonia Sidhu (Brampton-Sud, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8756061\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, I am tabling a petition on behalf of over 27,000 Canadians who are calling for tax relief for those living with celiac disease. Celiac disease affects one in every 100 Canadians, forcing them to live on a gluten-free diet that can be very expensive. The present medical exemption tax credit requires applicants to provide receipts, making it overly burdensome. Only one in five Canadians living with celiac have claimed the tax credit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8756062\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The petitioners therefore call for the creation of an annual $1,000 refundable tax credit for Canadians with celiac disease. I want to thank Celiac Canada and everyone who signed this petition. As a founding member of the all-party celiac caucus, I am proud to present it to the House.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8756061\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je pr\u00e9sente une p\u00e9tition au nom de plus de 27 000 Canadiens qui demandent un all\u00e9gement fiscal pour les personnes atteintes de la maladie c\u0153liaque. La maladie c\u0153liaque touche 1 Canadien sur 100 et oblige les personnes atteintes \u00e0 se nourrir sans gluten, ce qui peut co\u00fbter tr\u00e8s cher. L'actuel cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t pour frais m\u00e9dicaux exige que les demandeurs fournissent des re\u00e7us, ce qui alourdit inutilement le processus. Seulement un Canadien sur cinq atteint de la maladie c\u0153liaque a demand\u00e9 le cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8756062\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent donc la cr\u00e9ation d'un cr\u00e9dit d'imp\u00f4t remboursable de 1 000 $ par ann\u00e9e pour les Canadiens atteints de la maladie c\u0153liaque. Je tiens \u00e0 remercier C\u0153liaque Canada et toutes les personnes qui ont sign\u00e9 cette p\u00e9tition. En tant que membre fondatrice du caucus multipartite sur la maladie c\u0153liaque, je suis fi\u00e8re de la pr\u00e9senter \u00e0 la Chambre.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/12/3/sonia-sidhu-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/sonia-sidhu/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4227/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13037383",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Celiac Disease",
"fr": "La maladie c\u0153liaque"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/12/3/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F12%2F3%2F"
}
}