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{
    "time": "1994-05-12 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Pierre Brien (T\u00e9miscamingue)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance has stated that provincial governments want a single tax. Can he confirm whether negotiations are under way with provincial governments to combine provincial sales taxes and the GST into a single national sales tax?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/5/12/pierre-brien-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5258/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3323/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Sales Tax",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/5/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F5%2F12%2F"
    }
}