Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-09-25 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Jean Chr\u00e9tien (Prime Minister, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the hon. member should know that the Canadian Constitution dates from 1867 and that it was a law of the British Parliament. So, even back then, parliamentarians were unable to vote.</p>\n<p>It has only been since 1982 when we patriated the Constitution, so that Canadians would finally have a Canadian Constitution, that we could change Canada's Constitution to reflect the wishes of the people of Canada. I know that the members of the Bloc Quebecois would have preferred to see us remain a colony of Great Britain, legally speaking.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/9/25/jean-chretien-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-chretien/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3320/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Constitution",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/9/25/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F9%2F25%2F"
    }
}