Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-10-31 11:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Pierre S. Pettigrew (Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I can respond to Louise's problem with the solution we found for the problem of Yolande, Huguette and Maryse, who were not covered by the old system because much of the part time work in our economy is done by women. The fact that the current system is based on hours resolves the problem of many women who work part time.</p>\n<p>Women are now covered from the first hour and not just after a number of weeks, which they could not accumulate in the past.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/10/31/pierre-pettigrew-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2820/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2704/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Poverty",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/10/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F10%2F31%2F"
    }
}