Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-02-17 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the minister tells us we should not speak about it, but she goes ahead anyway. She spoke about it two seconds ago; she speaks about it in the <em>Toronto Star</em> . So, we might as well keep right on.</p>\n<p>The Minister of Justice said that Quebec's sovereignty created such a special situation that the Constitution would be of no help.</p>\n<p>How does she square this statement with Mr. Fortier's position that Quebec's sovereignty is subject to the Canadian Constitution, because it seems that Mr. Fortier is speaking on her behalf?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/2/17/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": "Reference To Supreme Court",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/2/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F2%2F17%2F"
    }
}