Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-11-18 10:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Andr\u00e9 Caron (Jonqui\u00e8re, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the chairman of the Mouvement Desjardins, Mr. Claude B\u00e9land, urged Quebecers to actively participate in the referendum campaign and support Quebec's sovereignty.</p>\n<p>The Mouvement Desjardins is a vast network of co-operatives, financial institutions and insurance companies with assets totalling $75 billion. It has played an active role in the economic and social development of Quebec throughout the 20th century.</p>\n<p>Mr. B\u00e9land is now inviting Quebecers to get out of the current deadlock. He said: \"We merely tried to negotiate the concept of a distinct society and we were rebuffed. The same thing is now happening with the issue of occupational training\".</p>\n<p>The current deadlock means that Quebecers have to choose between taking control of their own destiny or an unaffordable status quo.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/11/18/andre-caron-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/7859/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3280/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Mouvement Desjardins",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/11/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F11%2F18%2F"
    }
}