Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-11-19 11:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, we continue to receive hundreds of paystubs from Canadians who are fed up with having to spend half of their income to finance the government's tax and spend habit.</p>\n<p>People like Adam Grabowski, a teacher from Hamiota, Manitoba, sent a paystub showing that income tax took 49% of his pay or 54.7% when CPP and employment insurance premiums are included. He wants to know why the government thinks it knows better how to spend the money than he does on his family.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/11/19/jason-kenney-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jason-kenney/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2451/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/11/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F11%2F19%2F"
    }
}