Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-02-28 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of Finance, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the policies of the government have not failed to work.</p>\n<p>The leading indicators are up, as the hon. member, an economist, well knows. We have reported this morning another record trade surplus for the country and retail sales are showing an improvement.</p>\n<p>Perhaps the most important statistic of all is that during December and January last we created 123,000 private sector jobs.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/2/28/paul-martin-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-martin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3285/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Economy",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/2/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F2%2F28%2F"
    }
}