Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-04-29 14:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Philip Mayfield (Cariboo\u2014Chilcotin, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the government has some gall in saying its $30 billion C-78 pension raid is in the best interest of Canadians. Its idea of protecting the taxpayer is to spend the money now and have future generations pick up the tab.</p>\n<p>If we spend the entire $30 billion pension surplus today, who will cover any shortfall in the future? How can we deny that taxpayers will be paying the price for government mistakes again, again and again?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/4/29/philip-mayfield-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4022/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3077/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Pensions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/4/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F4%2F29%2F"
    }
}