Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-10-20 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, this government is laughing at democracy. Yesterday nearly half a million Albertans cast ballots, the largest result for a candidate in Canadian history. Bert Brown yesterday won more votes; more Canadian citizens cast votes for Bert Brown than have cast votes for this Prime Minister in his entire political career, and he calls it a joke.</p>\n<p>Will he apologize to Albertans for his arrogance and his contempt for democracy? Will he appoint one of the elected candidates to the next vacancy in the Senate, yes or no?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/10/20/jason-kenney-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jason-kenney/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2451/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "The Senate",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/10/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F10%2F20%2F"
    }
}