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{
    "time": "2009-11-25 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. John Rafferty",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1755870\" data-originallang=\"en\">I don't want to get into a percentage point of GST disappearing, $6 billion leaves the treasury. I don't want to get into that kind of argument with Mr. Wallace. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1755871\" data-originallang=\"en\">How do you balance that? Well, you have HST in Ontario, and I don't want talk about that either. I'm finished here. Thank you.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1755870\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne veux pas n\u00e9cessairement rappeler, dis-je, qu'une r\u00e9duction de la TPS d'un point de pourcentage donne lieu \u00e0 un manque \u00e0 gagner pour le Tr\u00e9sor public de 6 milliards de dollars. Je ne veux pas tenir ce genre de d\u00e9bat avec M. Wallace.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1755871\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comment faire pour contrebalancer cela? En Ontario, nous avons la TVH, mais je ne veux pas en parler non plus. J'ai termin\u00e9. Merci.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/finance/40-2/65/john-rafferty-15/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/john-rafferty/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1166/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2973770",
    "document_url": "/committees/finance/40-2/65/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Ffinance%2F40-2%2F65%2F"
    }
}