Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-12-01 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Sheila Finestone (Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women), Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question and his incisive observations. Of course the answer is yes. Diversity and pluralism are the Canadian reality.</p>\n<p>This government is committed to nation building, to ensuring that we live in an inclusive society and that we will have multicultural programs which will contain cross-cultural undertakings, intercultural exchange and will promote social harmony, social cohesion and peace.</p>\n<p>We in this party believe that we should build a society in which racism, bigotry, intolerance and misunderstanding shall</p>\n<p>find no home. That is the goal of this government. That is nation building and the Liberals support the multicultural program.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/12/1/sheila-finestone-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/6410/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3299/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Multiculturalism",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/12/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F12%2F1%2F"
    }
}