Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1995-05-19 11:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. St\u00e9phane Bergeron (Verch\u00e8res, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.</p>\n<p>Once again, the minister has refused to grant entry visas to three Algerian actors scheduled to participate in the Theatre Festival of the Americas, in Montreal. At the same time, we have learned that Mr. Abdennour who, according to the Quebec-Algeria committee, is a lawyer close to the Islamic salvation front, was granted a visa by the Canadian embassy, in Paris.</p>\n<p>How does the Minister of Immigration explain the fact that a person close to the Islamic salvation front can come to Canada without any problems, while Algerian actors who denounce torture and fundamentalism cannot do so?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1995/5/19/stephane-bergeron-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/stephane-bergeron/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3327/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Immigration",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1995/5/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1995%2F5%2F19%2F"
    }
}