Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-11-30 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Pierre S. Pettigrew (Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, as a government, we are obviously extremely concerned about poverty in Canada and, in recent years, we have identified poverty, particularly child poverty, as one of our highest social priorities.</p>\n<p>We have invested $1.7 billion in the national child benefit in order to help families give their children the best possible start in life.</p>\n<p>We have implemented the Canadian opportunity strategy, as well as the family income supplement, to help families in need.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/11/30/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": "Poverty",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/11/30/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F11%2F30%2F"
    }
}