Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-04-26 11:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. David M. Collenette (Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the military police are investigating events in the division of our department concerned with documents. They are not investigating an individual.</p>\n<p>It is usual for military police, as it is for the RCMP or any other police force in Canada, to reopen an investigation if there are new witnesses. It is standard procedure.</p>\n<p>As regards the chief of staff, I have confidence in him. I met with him this morning. Canadian forces operations are going smoothly.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/4/26/david-collenette-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4464/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3163/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Somalia Inquiry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/4/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F4%2F26%2F"
    }
}