Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-10-03 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michel Gauthier (Leader of the Opposition, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, yesterday, in a ministerial statement, the Minister of Finance implied that he was closing the tax loophole whereby a Canadian family trust was able to transfer $2.2 billion out of Canada tax free. The fact remains that the particular tax loophole is still there.</p>\n<p>Will the Minister of Finance confirm that the $2.2 billion transfer that took place in 1991 would still be possible today, despite the announcement made by the minister yesterday?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/10/3/michel-gauthier-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/116/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3311/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Tax Evasion",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/10/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F10%2F3%2F"
    }
}