Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-12-06 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Howard Hilstrom (Selkirk\u2014Interlake, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, Canadian farmers' worst fears were realized at the WTO talks in Seattle. The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food failed to get any movement on foreign subsidies. Even the Minister for International Trade has been quoted as saying that there was a lack of leadership at those talks.</p>\n<p>Now that the minister has failed at the WTO, what is he going to do to help farmers suffering from foreign subsidies?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/12/6/howard-hilstrom-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4259/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2514/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Agriculture",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/12/6/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F12%2F6%2F"
    }
}