Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2003-04-30 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, according to Yves S\u00e9guin, the Quebec finance minister and author of a report that proved beyond all doubt the existence of fiscal imbalance, federal intervention in Quebec's jurisdictions is only possible \u201cbecause of the resources available to the federal government, resources that are, moreover, more than it needs to look after its own areas of jurisdiction\u201d.</p>\n<p>Since the money is in Ottawa and the health care and education needs are in Quebec, what is keeping the federal government from moving out of the taxation space it does not belong in?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2003/4/30/gilles-duceppe-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gilles-duceppe/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3287/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2003/4/30/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2003%2F4%2F30%2F"
    }
}