Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-02-19 12:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Paul Forseth (New Westminster\u2014Coquitlam\u2014Burnaby, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, taxpayers deserve a lot of credit for keeping this budget afloat, but sadly interest on the national debt is still the largest single government spending program.</p>\n<p>Where in the budget is the long term debt retirement plan that pays for past socialist sins? Why is the minister not sending clear signals about real targets for debt reduction? What is the government plan beyond just some leftovers to pay off the national debt? Where is the target? Where are the plans?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/2/19/paul-forseth-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2064/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2485/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Budget",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/2/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F2%2F19%2F"
    }
}