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{
    "time": "2009-09-29 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Stephen Harper (Prime Minister, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1603493\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the NDP leader seems to be quite confused.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1603494\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Whether to harmonize a provincial sales tax with a federal sales tax is a decision made by the province. On the contrary, this government lowered the GST twice. The NDP members voted against it and argued against it both times.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1603493\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le chef du NPD est bien confus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1603494\" data-originallang=\"en\">La d\u00e9cision d'harmoniser la taxe de vente provinciale et la taxe de vente f\u00e9d\u00e9rale est une d\u00e9cision provinciale. Au contraire, notre gouvernement a r\u00e9duit deux fois la TPS. Les d\u00e9put\u00e9s n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates ont vot\u00e9 contre les deux fois.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/9/29/stephen-harper-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/stephen-harper/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1241/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2870931",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Taxation",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/9/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F9%2F29%2F"
    }
}