Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-10-31 11:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Lloyd Axworthy (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the high state of agitation of the hon. member simply shows a total misunderstanding of how to get a solution.</p>\n<p>What we are working on is to be based on the agreement of those directly affected. He has waved his arms about the need to respond to the fishing communities on the west coast. That is what we are doing. We are giving them the empowerment to help make those solutions to come to those issues. We are working on the grassroots, bottom up thing, not the top down elitist approach the hon. leader of the Conservative Party wants.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/10/31/lloyd-axworthy-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5724/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3118/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Fisheries",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/10/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F10%2F31%2F"
    }
}