Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-02-03 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michel Gauthier (Roberval, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, in a memo dated July 31, 1998 and addressed to the PEI regional director for employment insurance, departmental officials were congratulated for exceeding the target of $53 million, since this will result in the saving of 150 jobs that the government had planned on eliminating.</p>\n<p>My question for the minister is this: How do we call a government that threatens to eliminate 150 jobs if its public servants do not make sufficient cuts to the employment insurance benefits for the unemployed?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/2/3/michel-gauthier-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/116/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3311/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Employment Insurance",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/2/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F2%2F3%2F"
    }
}