Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-11-21 11:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Maurice Vellacott (Wanuskewin, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, today Canada's foremost expert on the tainted blood scandal, Justice Horace Krever, submits his final report on this, the worst public health tragedy in Canadian history.</p>\n<p>The current health minister is the very same minister who blocked Krever in the courts, withheld vital documents from Krever and obstructed Krever at every turn.</p>\n<p>Given the deplorable record of the Minister of Health in obstructing the Krever commission, how can Canadians have any faith that this minister will heed the recommendations in Krever's report?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/11/21/maurice-vellacott-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/maurice-vellacott/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2744/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Krever Inquiry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/11/21/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F11%2F21%2F"
    }
}