Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-01-20 17:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Vic Althouse (Mackenzie)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member for Wetaskiwin on his introductory speech to the House.</p>\n<p>Because we are only an hour away from having to make a decision on his party's amendment to the speech from the throne I wonder if he would be so kind as to respond to some questions I have concerning the proposal to put a cap on expenditures.</p>\n<p>In spite of the fact that this House in the last Parliament passed such a law introduced by the then Minister of Finance, Don Mazankowski, member for Vegreville, we had the largest deficit overrun that has ever occurred in this country. I am wondering why he or his party think that a repeat of that absolutely useless kind of legal requirement from this House, that absolutely ineffective law and direction, is going to work this time.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/1/20/vic-althouse-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/8116/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3330/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Speech From The Throne",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/1/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F1%2F20%2F"
    }
}