Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-03-06 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Pierrette Venne (Saint-Hubert, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the commission of inquiry on Somalia is just as muddled as the events it is investigating.</p>\n<p>On February 29, the Minister of Justice said in this House that, in order to avoid a conflict of interest, and I repeat, in order to avoid a conflict of interest, he had asked certain individuals to be represented by counsel of their choice rather than counsel from the Department of Justice.</p>\n<p>How does the Minister of Finance explain the fact that the highest ranking officers currently under investigation, that is, Lieutenant-General Gordon Reay, General James Gervais, General John de Chastelain and Admiral John Anderson along with the former deputy minister, Robert Fowler, continue to be represented by counsel from his department?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/3/6/pierrette-venne-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5214/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3315/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Somalia Inquiry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/3/6/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F3%2F6%2F"
    }
}