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{
    "time": "2014-04-03 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Chrystia Freeland (Toronto Centre, Lib.)",
        "fr": "Mme Chrystia Freeland (Toronto-Centre, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3640456\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, since the government seems unusually interested in statistical definitions this week, let us talk about a simple concept, the median household income. The most recent StatsCan data shows that the annual median household income has only increased by a paltry $100 since the Conservatives came to power. As for the bottom 20%, their income has fallen by $500 a year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3640457\" data-originallang=\"en\">Do the Conservatives have a plan to help these clearly middle class Canadian families?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3640456\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme le gouvernement semble, cette semaine, porter aux statistiques un int\u00e9r\u00eat que nous ne lui connaissions pas, parlons d'un concept simple, soit le revenu m\u00e9dian des m\u00e9nages. Les donn\u00e9es les plus r\u00e9centes de Statistique Canada nous montrent que le revenu annuel m\u00e9dian des m\u00e9nages n'a augment\u00e9 que d'un maigre montant de 100 $ depuis que les conservateurs sont au pouvoir. Pour ce qui est des m\u00e9nages appartenant aux vingt centiles inf\u00e9rieurs dans l'\u00e9chelle des revenus, ils ont subi une diminution de 500 $ par ann\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3640457\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs ont-ils un plan pour aider ces familles canadiennes, qui sont clairement de la classe moyenne?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2014/4/3/chrystia-freeland-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/chrystia-freeland/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4163/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8299535",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Economy",
        "fr": "L'\u00e9conomie"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2014/4/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2014%2F4%2F3%2F"
    }
}