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{
"time": "2026-04-16 14:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Randy Hoback (Prince Albert, CPC)",
"fr": "Randy Hoback (Prince Albert, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9261954\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, with record closures across the country, Canada's small businesses are sounding the alarm. High costs, red tape and never-ending uncertainty are discouraging the next generation of entrepreneurs. Do not take it from me. Brianna Solberg of the CFIB warns that \u201cCanada\u2019s economic foundation is crumbling.\u201d</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261955\" data-originallang=\"en\">After 10 years of bad Liberal policy, half of small business owners say they would not recommend starting a business.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261956\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Why do the Liberals continue to make it harder and not easier for small businesses here in Canada?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9261954\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, vu le nombre record de fermetures partout au pays, les petites entreprises canadiennes sonnent l'alarme. Les co\u00fbts \u00e9lev\u00e9s, les formalit\u00e9s administratives et l'incertitude permanente d\u00e9couragent la prochaine g\u00e9n\u00e9ration d'entrepreneurs. Pas besoin de me croire, d'ailleurs: Brianna Solberg, de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canadienne de l'entreprise ind\u00e9pendante, nous pr\u00e9vient que \u00ab [l]es fondements \u00e9conomiques du Canada s'effritent \u00bb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261955\" data-originallang=\"en\">Apr\u00e8s 10 ans de mauvaises politiques lib\u00e9rales, la moiti\u00e9 des propri\u00e9taires de petites entreprises disent qu'ils ne recommanderaient pas de se lancer en affaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9261956\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi les lib\u00e9raux continuent-ils de rendre la vie plus difficile et non plus facile aux petites entreprises du Canada?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/4/16/randy-hoback-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/randy-hoback/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1067/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13446649",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Small Business",
"fr": "La petite entreprise"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/4/16/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2026%2F4%2F16%2F"
}
}