Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-03-31 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Jean Chr\u00e9tien (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the compensation was an agreement that was negotiated between the provincial health ministers and the federal health minister under a very severe situation. In fact the federal government contributed $800 million and the provincial governments are contributing $300 million. That is what has been decided collectively by the provincial governments and the federal government.</p>\n<p>I am amazed today. For years these guys across the aisle have been asking us to cut welfare, asking us to cut payments to this person and that person. Suddenly they are on the road to Damascus.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/3/31/jean-chretien-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-chretien/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3320/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Hepatitis C",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/3/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F3%2F31%2F"
    }
}