Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-10-20 18:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jim Abbott",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, in answer to the second question, all we ask is that he support the Reform Party amendment which would clarify the entire issue.</p>\n<p>In answer to the first question, he and the rest of the backbenchers cannot get away with saying that we are supporting this change, recognizing that the finance minister, the revenue minister, the prime minister and the entire government did not know what they were doing in the first place and goofed. They made a very serious situation.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/10/20/jim-abbott-12/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jim-abbott/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2481/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Income Tax Conventions Implementation Act, 1997",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/10/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F10%2F20%2F"
    }
}