Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-12-07 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Peter MacKay (Pictou\u2014Antigonish\u2014Guysborough, PC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I can answer that. It is because a judge would be independent.</p>\n<p>The APEC commission has ground to a halt amidst further controversy with the main players investigating each other and exchanging allegations of bias and interference. The commission panel has become a joke with more twists than a cheap detective novel. While this makes for good drama, it is a terrible way to uncover the truth. The current process lacks the credibility and the mandate to thoroughly investigate what happened at APEC.</p>\n<p>Will the new solicitor general show this House and Canadians that he is not just a puppet of the Prime Minister and appoint an independent judicial public inquiry?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/12/7/peter-mackay-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/peter-mackay/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2546/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Apec Inquiry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/12/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F12%2F7%2F"
    }
}