Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-11-25 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Allan Rock (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, these matters are always under review. We are happy to discuss with interested parties ways in which the law can be improved. However, we are satisfied that for the most part the statute works well now. As I say, we make every effort in good faith to comply with its spirit, its intent, as well as its letter.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/11/25/allan-rock-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4501/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3172/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Access To Information",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/11/25/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F11%2F25%2F"
    }
}