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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "1998-05-12 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Lou Sekora (Port Moody\u2014Coquitlam, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I would like to tell all members just how proud I am of my Ukrainian heritage. If I speak in an unique way it is something I will wear as a badge of honour. My father, mother, grandmother and grandfather came to Canada in 1891 and settled near Hafford, Saskatchewan.</p>\n<p>They were, in fact, the first Ukrainian family to settle in Saskatchewan. My family was among the thousands of immigrants from all over the world who built the west. We owe those pioneers an incredible debt of gratitude.</p>\n<p>I am proud to speak with a Ukrainian accent, but at the same time I am shocked at the Reform Party that would be asking me to speak English.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1998/5/12/lou-sekora-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/4118/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3679/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Ukrainian Heritage",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1998/5/12/",
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}
}