Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-03-01 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Pierre S. Pettigrew (Minister of Human Resources Development, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the argument is rather bizarre.</p>\n<p>What I can say is that we reformed employment insurance so that, on the contrary, people would no longer as dependent and so they could return to the labour market. All the Bloc wants is to have as many people as possible unemployed for as long as possible.</p>\n<p>That is not helping people. We want to help people by helping them return to the labour market, because this is what people expect from good government.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/3/1/pierre-pettigrew-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2820/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2704/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Employment Insurance Fund",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/3/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F3%2F1%2F"
    }
}