Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1995-06-15 20:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Leon E. Benoit (Vegreville, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the hon. member who just spoke pointed out one of the problems with this legislation.</p>\n<p>When my colleague asked about different treatments that might be in place when Vietnamese committed crimes against whites because of race and when whites committed crimes against Vietnamese, she did not consider both to be discrimination. She considered one to be reverse discrimination.</p>\n<p>I ask the member why that is. If one is discrimination, why is the other one not pure and simple discrimination?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1995/6/15/leon-benoit-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/leon-benoit/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3071/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1995/6/15/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1995%2F6%2F15%2F"
    }
}