Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-09-24 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of Finance, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is wrong.</p>\n<p>The debate to which the hon. member refers is a discussion over the natural rate of unemployment, the rate at which inflation would take off, and there is, in fact, a difference of opinion.</p>\n<p>This government clearly states that an arbitrary number, like 8 per cent for a NAIRU, is not applicable to a country whose productivity is improving, a country where interest rates are low, a country whose industry has become lean and competitive.</p>\n<p>All I can tell the hon. member is that Alan Greenspan agrees with me and I will take him over the member for Medicine Hat.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/9/24/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": "Employment",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/9/24/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F9%2F24%2F"
    }
}