Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-05-12 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Gordon Earle (Halifax West, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, successive supreme court decisions reinforce the obligation of the federal government to uphold a fiduciary or trust responsibility toward aboriginal peoples.</p>\n<p>The honour of the crown is the standard to which the courts hold all governments. Does the Liberal government still believe it has a fiduciary responsibility toward aboriginal peoples and does it still honour the crown when it intercedes in court cases?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/5/12/gordon-earle-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3288/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2544/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Aboriginal Affairs",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/5/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F5%2F12%2F"
    }
}