Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-10-20 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Pierre S. Pettigrew (Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, what the study has very clearly shown is that the majority of those not covered by employment insurance are people who never worked and therefore never contributed to the employment insurance system. They are people who are self-employed, and therefore not covered, people who were working and left\u2014</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/10/20/pierre-pettigrew-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2820/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2704/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Employment Insurance",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/10/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F10%2F20%2F"
    }
}