{"time": "1997-12-10 14:25:00", "attribution": {"en": "Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of Finance, Lib.)", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, first of all, when the country's financial situation forced us to make cuts, we made them at the federal level first, and gave the provinces a period of notice.</p>\n<p>That having been said, as the prime minister announced in June and the Minister of Health and I confirmed two days ago, we have put $1.5 billion back into the Canada social transfer. This is one of the government's largest areas of spending. Furthermore, it shows the benefit of putting our fiscal house in order.</p>\n<p>At the same time, my colleague in human resources development and I have invested over $850 million to help the most disadvantaged in the provinces.</p>", "fr": ""}, "url": "/debates/1997/12/10/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": "Transfer Payments", "fr": ""}, "document_url": "/debates/1997/12/10/", "related": {"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F12%2F10%2F"}}