Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-04-10 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Leader of the Opposition, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister knows very well that Mr. Mulcair introduced a resolution that received the unanimous approval of all members of the National Assembly. He also knows that the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs said yesterday that the will of the National Assembly was not enough.</p>\n<p>Just today, the Prime Minister was speaking about hypothetical opposition from church representatives, when the bishops have never, throughout this longstanding debate in Quebec, opposed the introduction of linguistic school boards.</p>\n<p>Why refer to hypothetical opposition from church representatives when, in the case of Newfoundland, in fact, we know that church representatives were opposed, and the Prime Minister agreed to the request from the Newfoundland legislature, even though church representatives were opposed, but the elected representatives of the people of Newfoundland wanted to go ahead?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/4/10/gilles-duceppe-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/gilles-duceppe/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3287/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Linguistic School Boards",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/4/10/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F4%2F10%2F"
    }
}