Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-02-17 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Paul Martin (Minister of Finance, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the only way we could be fair is if we did not hear the questions.</p>\n<p>As I understand it, the deindexation was introduced as an anti-deficit matter. The deficit at that time was $24 billion. After they introduced it, it went to $42 billion. God knows if they had introduced others what would happen.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/2/17/paul-martin-9/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/paul-martin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3285/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Budget",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/2/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F2%2F17%2F"
    }
}