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speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2017-05-17 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. John Oliver (Oakville, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. John Oliver (Oakville, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4878723\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canadians are paying too much for prescription drugs. We have the second-highest per capita spending for pharmaceuticals in the OECD.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4878724\" data-originallang=\"en\">The government took quick action last year by joining the pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance to leverage better prices with the collective buying power of the provinces and territories. It is saving taxpayers $700 million per year, but it is not enough.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4878725\" data-originallang=\"en\">Can the minister give the House an update on the steps she is taking to lower prescription drug prices in Canada?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4878723\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les Canadiens paient trop cher les m\u00e9dicaments sur ordonnance. Le Canada est au second rang des pays de l'OCDE qui d\u00e9pensent le plus par habitant pour les produits pharmaceutiques.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4878724\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement est rapidement intervenu l'an dernier en se joignant \u00e0 l'Alliance pancanadienne pharmaceutique pour obtenir de meilleurs prix gr\u00e2ce au pouvoir d'achat collectif des provinces et des territoires. Cela fait \u00e9conomiser 700 millions de dollars par ann\u00e9e aux contribuables, mais ce n'est pas suffisant.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4878725\" data-originallang=\"en\">La ministre peut-elle faire le point sur les mesures qu'elle prend pour faire diminuer le prix des m\u00e9dicaments sur ordonnance au Canada?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/5/17/john-oliver-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-oliver/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4332/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9539970",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Health",
"fr": "La sant\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/5/17/",
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}
}