Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-06-20 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the military police, having been forced to reopen the investigation after the appearance of documents implicating General Boyle in the cover-up operation, have just released their report.</p>\n<p>It concludes that the chief of defence staff not only made a false statement to his own military police, but also was aware of the cover-up, and categorically refused to reply to questions by the military police.</p>\n<p>My question is a straightforward one to the Acting Prime Minister. What credibility does the chief of staff of the Canadian Armed Forces have, when it is now known that he lied to his own military police, that he refuses to be cross-examined, that he was aware of the cover-up of the Somalia affair? Will the government insist on his resignation, or will it not?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/6/20/gilles-duceppe-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gilles-duceppe/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3287/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Defence",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/6/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F6%2F20%2F"
    }
}