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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "1996-11-27 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Herb Grubel (Capilano-Howe Sound, Ref.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Reform Party supports the strong public demand for more substantial cuts in employment insurance premiums and for an end to the accumulation of the reserves beyond $5 billion.</p>\n<p>It makes no legal sense to let the independent employment insurance system finance general Liberal overspending. It makes no economic sense to let the premiums mask the need for more cuts in program spending. It makes no social sense to let premiums put the main burden of deficit fighting on workers. And it makes no commons sense to forgo the job creation benefits of lower premiums.</p>\n<p>I once thought the Minister of Finance and his cabinet colleagues had sense enough to do what is right, legally, economically, socially and for Canada. I was wrong. They have no sense.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1996/11/27/herb-grubel-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/6729/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3076/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Employment Insurance",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1996/11/27/",
"related": {
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}
}