Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-10-31 11:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Thompson",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>If the member will be quiet for a minute I will tell him about the medical requirements.</p>\n<p>I was required to go the doctor as were my wife and baby. We were given probably one of the most thorough medical examinations we have every gone through with the clear understanding that if there was anything wrong, any medical reason from tuberculosis on down or any kind of heart disease problem, whatever it may be, it would be cause for grounds not to be able to enter this country.</p>\n<p>We accepted that as being wise. Had we not passed we would not have come.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/10/31/myron-thompson-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/284/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3073/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Private Members' Business",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Immigration Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/10/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F10%2F31%2F"
    }
}