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{
    "time": "1994-10-18 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Pierre Brien (T\u00e9miscamingue, B.Q.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.</p>\n<p>Yesterday, the Minister of Finance announced in his economic statement that the government intends to end subsidies for megaprojects. While the government slashes social programs, it will sink over $250 million into the Hibernia project this year alone.</p>\n<p>If the Prime Minister wants to be taken seriously, are we to understand that his government has now committed itself to not sinking the additional hundreds of millions of dollars required by the Hibernia project?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/10/18/pierre-brien-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5258/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3323/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Hibernia Project",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/10/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F10%2F18%2F"
    }
}