Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-11-17 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Pat Martin (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, Canada Post continues to try to negotiate through the media using fearmongering and misinformation to hide the real issues surrounding this round of bargaining.</p>\n<p>Those real issues are the protection of thousands of good full time jobs and the struggle to make poor paying part-time jobs into real jobs that Canadians can live on.</p>\n<p>This round of bargaining could be settled if the government would stop threatening to throw 4,000 Canadians out on the street. Will the Minister of Public Works speak out on behalf of Canadian workers and direct Canada Post to withdraw its proposals which would eliminate Canadian jobs?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/11/17/pat-martin-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/pat-martin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2515/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Post",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/11/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F11%2F17%2F"
    }
}