Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-09-22 15:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Steve Mahoney",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, we can all flex our political muscles. In my riding 65% of the people voted Liberal in the last election. In the province of Ontario I think that was probably almost an average. The vast majority of the people in the province of Ontario, some 86%, support this.</p>\n<p>The member does not understand that this is not a debate about the bill, this is a debate about the implementation and the regulations. We are not here debating whether there shall be a gun control law. That is a done deal. What we are talking about is how it is going to be implemented and how it is going to be set up. It is going to be set up in a way that will give the police some confidence in the database that will be available so they will know at least where the vast majority of the weapons are in this country when they are fighting crime and it will provide\u2014</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/9/22/steve-mahoney-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4630/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2599/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Supply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/9/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F9%2F22%2F"
    }
}