Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-10-22 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of Finance, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, as the Minister of Health outlined very clearly, the fact is that the way the set-up was occurring and because of the increase in tax points to the provinces the cash was going down. It was going down far below $12.5 billion, far below $11 billion, far below $8 billion and far below $6 billion.</p>\n<p>As a result of the actions of the government it has been frozen at $12.5 billion. That is not a ceiling; that is a floor. It is an absolute guarantee to every single province and to every single Canadian citizen that the federal government stands behind the principles of the Canada Health Act.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/10/22/paul-martin-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-martin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3285/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Health",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/10/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F10%2F22%2F"
    }
}