Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-03-07 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. David Dingwall (Minister of Health, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I did not raise the issue of spin doctors. But the leader of the third party said in September 1993 that his party supported user fees, deductibles and would eliminate universality. However, just before the election there was a flip-flop. Reform members said in October that they were opposed to private health care and user fees.</p>\n<p>When they got into the House of Commons in October they said medicare was bad for everyone. Then they flip-flopped again. In November they said that medicare is important to all Canadians.</p>\n<p>It is high time that members of the Reform Party stopped talking out of both sides of their mouths.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/3/7/david-dingwall-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5795/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3142/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Budget",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/3/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F3%2F7%2F"
    }
}