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{
    "time": "2005-06-16 19:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. James Rajotte",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I will address the last issue first. It was the debt; it was the increase in spending that started in the Trudeau years, from 1968 until about 1984, that caused the increase. There was a $200 billion debt at that time because of the way the system was set up.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2005/6/16/james-rajotte-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/james-rajotte/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1248/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to make Certain Payments",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2005/6/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2005%2F6%2F16%2F"
    }
}