Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-10-07 15:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jim Hart (Okanagan\u2014Coquihalla, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, since 1867 it has been a right of Canadians to petition the Parliament of Canada and the crown for redress of grievances.</p>\n<p>I have three such petitions today which are asking the crown to review the hepatitis C compensation package for Canadians infected by tainted blood.</p>\n<p>I would like to be able to add these to Joey Hach\u00e9's petition of 30,000 names which was presented to the Prime Minister yet I found out through the clerk of petitions that the Prime Minister has not enacted his responsibility by presenting that to the House.</p>\n<p>Therefore I present these 259 names from Okanagan\u2014Coquihalla and ask where is Joey Hach\u00e9's petition.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/10/7/jim-hart-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5546/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2487/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/10/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F10%2F7%2F"
    }
}