Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-04-28 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Odina Desrochers (Lotbini\u00e8re, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.</p>\n<p>The auditor general has criticized the fact that 66% of military equipment expenditures are unnecessary.</p>\n<p>How does the minister explain that, of three billion dollars in annual purchases, two billion dollars' worth of equipment are not required by the army?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/4/28/odina-desrochers-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2773/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2696/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Defence",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/4/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F4%2F28%2F"
    }
}