{"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"}}