Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-03-05 11:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Dale Johnston (Wetaskiwin, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, then perhaps there is a willingness on the part of the government to go the next step. The budget for the Artists Tribunal alone last year was $1.7 million yet it only completed 11 cases.</p>\n<p>Why will the minister not combine these bureaucracies? Is it because he does not want to save the taxpayers $3 million to $4 million, or is the government saving these boards as nice little patronage plumbs for its political friends?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/3/5/dale-johnston-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3028/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3072/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/3/5/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F3%2F5%2F"
    }
}