Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-02-26 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of Finance, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, let us take a look at what we have done. In fact, there are targeted tax decreases for students, for families, for poor families, for caregivers. Then there are general tax decreases. We increased the threshold by $500 for an individual or $1,000 for a family. We eliminated the 3% surtax for 13 million Canadian taxpayers.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/2/26/paul-martin-12/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-martin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3285/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Budget",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/2/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F2%2F26%2F"
    }
}