Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-10-21 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Elijah Harper (Churchill, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Hudson Bay Route Association, I would like to present petitions containing 2,626 signatures.</p>\n<p>The petitioners call on the minister responsible for the wheat board to maximize grain shipments through the port of Churchill and to ship at least 5 per cent of Canada's annual grain shipments through Churchill.</p>\n<p>I agree with these petitioners. The port of Churchill is a valuable but underutilized resource. It is the most direct route from the prairies to salt water. We have to overcome the ignorance about this northern port so it can live up to its potential.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/10/21/elijah-harper-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4237/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3108/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/10/21/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F10%2F21%2F"
    }
}