Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-03-18 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michel Gauthier (Leader of the Opposition, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Human Resources Development's unem-</p>\n<p>ployment insurance reform continues to stir up anger among workers nearly everywhere, particularly in regions where there is the most seasonal work.</p>\n<p>The Minister's reform, by cutting benefits back $2 billion dollars more each year for the next three, will keep very many people without jobs from collecting benefits under the plan.</p>\n<p>Will the Minister of Human Resources Development confirm the figures given in this morning's <em>Globe and Mail</em> , namely that last January no more than 46 per cent of Canada's jobless were collecting benefits, whereas the figure for 1990 was over 87 per cent?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/3/18/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": "Unemployment Insurance Reform",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/3/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F3%2F18%2F"
    }
}