Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-12-11 16:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ted McWhinney (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Madam Speaker, I congratulate the hon. member on an eloquent, low key address.</p>\n<p>I noticed with interest his remarks on higher education. Would he support what is called a functional interpretation of constitutional powers, where the need exists the power sensibly should flow? In other words, there is an increasing federal leadership role in setting national standards in education. That is a constitutional area that in the strict terms of the Constitution Act, 1867 was specified as being provincial.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/12/11/ted-mcwhinney-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5642/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3104/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Committees Of The House",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/12/11/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F12%2F11%2F"
    }
}