Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-11-04 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jim Abbott (Kootenay East, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, last week some very disturbing news came to light in the other house. An entity of the Government of Canada is undermining the will of the House of Commons. The CRTC is lobbying the senators to vote against Bill C-216, the negative option ban which passed the House on September 23.</p>\n<p>Does the heritage minister support the CRTC in its lobby effort to defeat Bill C-216?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/11/4/jim-abbott-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jim-abbott/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3084/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Bill C-216",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/11/4/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F11%2F4%2F"
    }
}