Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-09-28 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Fred Mifflin (Minister of Veterans Affairs and Secretary of State (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency), Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the hon. member knows the legislation that was passed was not retroactive. She also knows the legislation gives these veterans exactly the same benefits she is asking for.</p>\n<p>I wrote her a seven page letter on August 12, explaining her 40 points. If she wants to know any more, she has to go back to her Conservative cronies because it was they who passed the bill.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/9/28/fred-mifflin-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5767/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3131/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Veterans Affairs",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/9/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F9%2F28%2F"
    }
}