Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-09-22 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Richard Marceau (Charlesbourg, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, for two days now the Prime Minister has been hiding behind the RCMP public complaints commission in order to avoid answering questions on the role he and his office played in repressing Vancouver students during the visit of dictator Suharto.</p>\n<p>How can the Prime Minister hide behind this commission when the issue is that he and his office dealt with the RCMP as if it were a political police force?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/9/22/richard-marceau-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2684/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2673/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Apec Summit",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/9/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F9%2F22%2F"
    }
}