Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-10-27 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Richard M. Harris (Prince George\u2014Bulkley Valley, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, it is getting pretty thick in here.</p>\n<p>The government is sitting on a $21 billion EI surplus while the finance minister pursues his favourite pastime, and that is picking the pockets of Canadian workers and businesses. At the same time those workers and businesses are struggling to making ends meet under this Liberal tax regime.</p>\n<p>Why does the finance minister not just do the right thing and return the EI surplus, which belongs to the workers and businesses, in the form of tax relief and give Canadians a break for a change?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/10/27/dick-harris-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/dick-harris/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3095/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/10/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F10%2F27%2F"
    }
}