Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2002-10-04 11:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Norman Doyle (St. John's East, PC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, a royal commission is currently holding public hearings in Newfoundland and Labrador on our status and our future prospects in Confederation.</p>\n<p>Some 53 years after joining Canada we have one of the highest economic growth rates in the nation, yet we are still the poorest province with the highest unemployment rate.</p>\n<p>One of the reasons for our lack of economic progress is the clawback provision in the current equalization formula. Fully 80% of all the revenues from the development of our natural resources is clawed back to Ottawa through reductions in our equalization payments.</p>\n<p>Under such a formula it is impossible for a small province to make any economic headway, especially a small province in Atlantic Canada. We need a reduction in or the elimination of the equalization clawback if we are ever to claim our rightful place in Canada.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2002/10/4/norman-e-doyle-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4342/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2536/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2002/10/4/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2002%2F10%2F4%2F"
    }
}