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{
    "time": "2016-02-01 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill\u2014Keewatinook Aski, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Niki Ashton (Churchill\u2014Keewatinook Aski, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4184599\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canadians are struggling and just telling unemployed workers to hang in there is not going to cut it.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4184600\" data-originallang=\"fr\">People who lose their jobs need help now, not in 2017, but the <a data-HoCid=\"214313\" href=\"/politicians/maryann-mihychuk/\" title=\"MaryAnn Mihychuk\">Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour</a> says that some things have to wait. That is unacceptable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4184601\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Can the minister confirm that she will immediately restore the 360-hour minimum for employment insurance, yes or no?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4184599\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Canadiens en arrachent, et il ne suffit pas de dire aux ch\u00f4meurs de ne pas l\u00e2cher.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4184600\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les gens qui perdent leur emploi ont besoin d'aide maintenant, pas en 2017. Toutefois, selon la <a data-HoCid=\"214313\" href=\"/politicians/maryann-mihychuk/\" title=\"MaryAnn Mihychuk\"> ministre de l'Emploi, du D\u00e9veloppement de la main-d'oeuvre et du Travail</a>, certaines choses doivent attendre. Cette r\u00e9ponse est inacceptable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4184601\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La ministre peut-elle confirmer si elle va r\u00e9tablir imm\u00e9diatement le seuil de 360 heures pour acc\u00e9der \u00e0 l'assurance-emploi, oui ou non?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/2/1/niki-ashton-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/niki-ashton/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4267/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8776272",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Employment Insurance",
        "fr": "L'assurance-emploi"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/2/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F2%2F1%2F"
    }
}