Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2001-05-10 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Stockwell Day (Leader of the Opposition, Canadian Alliance)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, we now know why the government does not want to table a budget for two years. The economists who are doing work for the finance minister are actually saying that government spending is heading us toward a deficit. One economist has even said that the government just never added the numbers together. This is incredible.</p>\n<p>Could the Prime Minister please tell us how he allowed his finance minister to mishandle the finances of this nation so badly that we are now approaching a deficit?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2001/5/10/stockwell-day-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/stockwell-day/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3693/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Economy",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2001/5/10/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2001%2F5%2F10%2F"
    }
}