Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-12-17 11:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Bev Desjarlais (Churchill, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, a number of homeless Canadians froze last winter. Another winter is here with hundreds of thousands of Canadians without homes or in substandard or inadequate housing. It took a year for the government to announce any funding to try to avoid deaths this winter. I hope it is not too late.</p>\n<p>If the government is to avoid yearly quick fixes, we need a national housing strategy which ensures at least a $1 billion investment for the next 10 years to provide enough housing for all Canadians.</p>\n<p>The economic spinoffs and social benefits of this housing investment would greatly reduce the overall cost. Will the government commit to this investment?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/12/17/bev-desjarlais-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3175/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2509/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Housing",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/12/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F12%2F17%2F"
    }
}