Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-12-17 11:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Grant Hill (Macleod, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, we hit one nerve, let us try another one.</p>\n<p>Premier Harris sent the Prime Minister a letter today forcefully highlighting that payroll taxes are going up January 1. These tax hikes will cost 22,500 jobs in Ontario alone. I will quote from the letter. It says \u201cCanadians are entitled to keep more of the money they earn\u201d.</p>\n<p>Why is the government hiking payroll taxes on January 1?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/12/17/grant-hill-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3985/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3066/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/12/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F12%2F17%2F"
    }
}