Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-05-12 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Preston Manning (Leader of the Opposition, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, this minister is running out of excuses.</p>\n<p>First he said that every province agreed with him. Now that excuse is gone. Then he said there was no more money available. But then the premiers found a couple hundred million more dollars to put on the table. One by one the minister's excuses for inaction and not having a position are gone.</p>\n<p>Is it not true that the only obstacle that is now standing between these victims and a just settlement is an obstinate Minister of Health who is unable to admit that he was wrong?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/5/12/preston-manning-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/preston-manning/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3055/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Hepatitis C",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/5/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F5%2F12%2F"
    }
}