Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-09-23 15:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Svend J. Robinson (Burnaby-Kingsway, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Deputy Prime Minister. It concerns the attempt by the Liberal government to push through a package of cuts to the Canada pension plan benefits, including cuts to people with disabilities, by early October.</p>\n<p>Will the Deputy Prime Minister listen to New Democrats, including the governments of British Columbia and Saskatchewan, who are calling on Liberals to back off, take the time to consult seriously, study more carefully the impact of their regressive proposals and look at progressive changes to the CPP instead of hitting the most vulnerable beneficiaries of the system?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/9/23/svend-robinson-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2111/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3075/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Pension Plan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/9/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F9%2F23%2F"
    }
}