Speech (House debate)

This is a single speech (house debate) resource from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.

Content

Get this resource as raw JSON.

See the corresponding webpage.

{
    "time": "1995-04-27 15:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Philippe Par\u00e9 (Louis-H\u00e9bert, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I think there is not one Canadian or Quebecer who questions the importance and value of the five principles set out in the Canada Health Act. However, the greatest threat to these principles, in my view, is the underfunding the Government of Canada has caused these past few years by phasing out financing in these areas.</p>\n<p>Does the hon. member for Pierrefonds-Dollard recognize that this seriously threatens the principles he referred to and with which I totally agree? Reduced funding from the federal government may well place the provinces in a situation where,</p>\n<p>while recognizing these principles as normal and necessary, they can no longer uphold them.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1995/4/27/philippe-pare-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/7924/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3294/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Supply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1995/4/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1995%2F4%2F27%2F"
    }
}