Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-11-07 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Herb Gray (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Solicitor General of Canada, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I thought the hon. member was going to get up to congratulate the RCMP, the immigration department and the various other police forces for their recent success in smashing a major international ring which was smuggling immigrants.</p>\n<p>This success is an indication of what the federal government is doing, which is to work jointly with other federal departments and police forces to break up the rings which smuggle people and goods. We are working to deal with this serious situation in a way that protects our traditional open borders which are important to the vast majority of people in this country and in our neighbouring countries.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/11/7/herb-gray-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4873/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3243/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Immigration",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/11/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F11%2F7%2F"
    }
}