Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1995-12-12 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Jean Chr\u00e9tien (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, they have already done so twice. There have been two referendums in Canada in which Quebecers decided to vote in Canada.</p>\n<p>All I said yesterday was that the rest of the country has a say in the future of that country. We have twice accepted the results of a referendum in Quebec, and democracy is being denied by those who refuse to take no for an answer.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1995/12/12/jean-chretien-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-chretien/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3320/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Referendums",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1995/12/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1995%2F12%2F12%2F"
    }
}