Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-12-12 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jay Hill (Prince George-Peace River, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Liberal gravy train is still chugging along. Its latest stop is at the Rene Cousineau station. The former Liberal MP</p>\n<p>and close personal friend of the Prime Minister has just been appointed to the Canadian Pension Commission. For this privilege Canadian taxpayers will now be paying Mr. Cousineau a paltry $86,000 a year.</p>\n<p>My question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. Is this what the Prime Minister meant when he said that all his appointments would be based on merit alone? If so, how is Liberal patronage any different from Tory patronage?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/12/12/jay-hill-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jay-hill/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3096/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Government Appointments",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/12/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F12%2F12%2F"
    }
}