Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1995-10-23 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Charlie Penson (Peace River, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, this government has a long history of using tax dollars to fund megaprojects that end up costing us billions. Petro-Canada is just one example.</p>\n<p>Now the Chinese premier has visited Canada and walked away with another megaproject deal. The government is planning to use the Canada account to finance Atomic Energy's sale of two CANDU reactors to China.</p>\n<p>Does the government not realize it is broke? Does it not realize Canada cannot afford to finance a dime, never mind several billion dollars worth of taxpayers' money on this sale?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1995/10/23/charlie-penson-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3017/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3068/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Candu Reactors",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1995/10/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1995%2F10%2F23%2F"
    }
}