Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-04-15 12:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Sheila Copps (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Environment)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I know all members join with the Prime Minister and the government in welcoming the arrival of the new Clerk of the Privy Council. It is the first time a woman has held the most senior position in the bureaucracy in the Government of Canada.</p>\n<p>I rise on a point of order because as she is a public servant she cannot defend herself. Clearly in the press reports this morning there are claims that the Clerk of the Privy Council in some way misrepresented her educational and academic credentials.</p>\n<p>The company that published the academic credentials was the Financial Post company, a private corporation. I took the opportunity of reviewing three other so-called r\u00e9sum\u00e9s in this particular document-</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/4/15/sheila-copps-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4533/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3179/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Points Of Order",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/4/15/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F4%2F15%2F"
    }
}