Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-11-16 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Alexa McDonough (Halifax, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health.</p>\n<p>Two hundred and fifty thousand young Canadians start smoking each and every year. That is a human tragedy. Clearly more action is needed in the way of effective anti-smoking measures.</p>\n<p>Does the health minister believe, yes or no, that a levy of 50 cents a carton is too high a price to prevent our youth from taking up smoking?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/11/16/alexa-mcdonough-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/192/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2543/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Tobacco",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/11/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F11%2F16%2F"
    }
}