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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": "1998-06-11 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Jane Stewart (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, there are so many points I would like to make. In the context of the question, it sounds like the member is assuming it applies only to some people, that British Columbia applies only to some of its residents. It is so obvious it applies to all. The member is so wrong when he says and tries to assume that first nations feel they are laying claim to all of British Columbia.</p>\n<p>Chief Victor Jim from Wet'suwet'en said: \u201cI think this is going to be good for the territory. It is going to be good for the economy and in the long run I think it will bring the aboriginal and non-aboriginal people together\u201d. He says\u2014</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1998/6/11/jane-stewart-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/4434/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3155/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Question Period",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Aboriginal Affairs",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1998/6/11/",
"related": {
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}
}