Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-05-14 11:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gerry Ritz (Battlefords\u2014Lloydminster, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the taxaholic Liberal government is sitting on a huge surplus. Half of that surplus has been ripped right out of Canadians earning less than $20,000 a year. That is $6 billion a year.</p>\n<p>The Liberal government's heartless tax appetite has become a major cause of poverty, killing productivity and driving down our standard of living.</p>\n<p>How can the tax rich Liberal government continue taking $6 billion a year from the Canadian working poor?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/5/14/gerry-ritz-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gerry-ritz/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2733/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/5/14/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F5%2F14%2F"
    }
}