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{
"time": "2026-06-17 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Dalwinder Gill (Calgary McKnight, CPC)",
"fr": "Dalwinder Gill (Calgary McKnight, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416318\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, according to the CFIB, three in four small businesses do not feel supported by the Liberal government and more than half would not recommend starting a business in Canada, but the Liberals continue to punish small businesses with high taxes and red tape. There are 4,000 Canadian restaurants facing closure this year because of rising costs and taxes. Conservatives have a plan to cut taxes and red tape to keep our small businesses open. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the Liberals reverse their economic policies so businesses can get ahead?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416318\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, selon la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration canadienne de l'entreprise ind\u00e9pendante, trois petites entreprises sur quatre ne se sentent pas soutenues par le gouvernement lib\u00e9ral et plus de la moiti\u00e9 d'entre elles ne recommanderaient pas de d\u00e9marrer une entreprise au Canada. Malgr\u00e9 cela, les lib\u00e9raux continuent de punir les petites entreprises en leur imposant un lourd fardeau fiscal et des formalit\u00e9s administratives. Cette ann\u00e9e, 4 000 restaurants canadiens risquent de fermer \u00e0 cause de la hausse des co\u00fbts et du fardeau fiscal. Les conservateurs ont un plan qui vise \u00e0 r\u00e9duire ces obstacles afin que les petites entreprises restent en activit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9416319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux reviendront-ils sur leurs politiques \u00e9conomiques afin que les entreprises puissent prosp\u00e9rer?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/dalwinder-gill-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dalwinder-gill/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4810/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13589365",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Small Business",
"fr": "La petite entreprise"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
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}
}