Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1995-12-12 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Preston Manning (Calgary Southwest, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, if we are going to keep this country together, it will only occur by providing clear answers to the questions that are being asked. This type of political rhetoric just adds to the uncertainty rather than to the certainty that Canadians desire.</p>\n<p>Let me come at it another way. Last month in Toronto the Prime Minister said that he did not want any more referenda and implied that he would use the federal power to prevent future referenda. Last night he conceded that there will be another referendum. He said that he is going to use the federal power to ensure that it is a fair referendum.</p>\n<p>Which is it? Is he proposing to use the federal power to prevent another referendum, or is he proposing to use the federal power to ensure that the next referendum is more fair? Which is it, one way or the other?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1995/12/12/preston-manning-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/preston-manning/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3055/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Quebec Referendum",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1995/12/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1995%2F12%2F12%2F"
    }
}