Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-04-01 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Pierre S. Pettigrew (Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, indeed effective today the Government of Quebec takes over the responsibilities set out in the Canada-Quebec agreement on manpower.</p>\n<p>The Government of Canada will pay the Government of Quebec more than $2.4 billion over the next four years, enabling it to set up the programs and services most appropriate to the realities of the Quebec labour market.</p>\n<p>The agreement is a specific and constructive response to Quebec's manpower needs and it testifies to our government's ability to modernize the Canadian federation.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/4/1/pierre-pettigrew-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2820/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2704/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada-Quebec Agreement On Manpower",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/4/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F4%2F1%2F"
    }
}