Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2003-03-31 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Lyle Vanclief (Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the hon. member knows full well that the last federal-provincial agreement between the Government of Canada and all the provinces expired on the last day of March, 2003. We have said from the start that there has to be a new agreement. If it is not signed by that date, it is to be retroactive to that date.</p>\n<p>He knows that there has not been a disaster program for farmers since December 31, 2002. We are working with the industry to develop that. The member is one of the people who said that we should continue to take some more time to do that.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2003/3/31/lyle-vanclief-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4743/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3217/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Agriculture",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2003/3/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2003%2F3%2F31%2F"
    }
}