Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-03-18 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Louis Plamondon (Richelieu, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Canadian Heritage.</p>\n<p>The minister cut 9% from the budget of the court challenges program available to francophones outside Quebec to defend their rights before the courts. There are a number of cases on educational rights in preparation at the moment.</p>\n<p>Could the minister commit today, on the occasion of the Semaine nationale de la francophonie, to return this 9% and even expand this program substantially to enable francophones to defend their educational rights in\u2014</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/3/18/louis-plamondon-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/louis-plamondon/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3308/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Court Challenges Program",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/3/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F3%2F18%2F"
    }
}