Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-05-03 11:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (Laval Centre, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the President of the Treasury Board.</p>\n<p>Yesterday, in this House, the Minister of Finance stood by his statement to the effect that his government had made an honest mistake in promising to abolish the GST. He even said that he was speaking on behalf of the government when he made that comment.</p>\n<p>Will the President of the Treasury Board confirm that the comments made yesterday by the Minister of Finance do reflect his government's thinking?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/5/3/madeleine-dalphond-guiral-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5083/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3288/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Goods And Services Tax",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/5/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F5%2F3%2F"
    }
}