Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-03-09 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Jean Chr\u00e9tien (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Health is very preoccupied, as we all are, with this matter. That is why we have legislation before the House at this moment to raise the floor for social transfers to $12.5 billion, as recommended by the national forum on health.</p>\n<p>In the last budget we committed $60 million of new money for a blood agency and $211 million over five years for an HIV strategy. There was an additional $134 million in the last budget for medical research. Money was also given to care givers\u2014</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/3/9/jean-chretien-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-chretien/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3320/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Health Care",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/3/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F3%2F9%2F"
    }
}