Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-06-01 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Preston Manning (Leader of the Opposition, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the simple fact is that the 14 day requirement to publicly advertise a sole source contract was not kept. If that rule was not kept, it could only be because of a decision by cabinet to override it.</p>\n<p>Now I will ask for the fourth time: Was that decision the decision of the Minister of Public Works who is responsible for procurement or was it the decision of the Prime Minister himself?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/6/1/preston-manning-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/preston-manning/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3055/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Government Contracts",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/6/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F6%2F1%2F"
    }
}