Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-09-29 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Lloyd Axworthy",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Yes, Mr. Speaker, I would be more than happy to. I hope members will understand on this very crucial question that during the APEC meetings the Government of Canada went to great lengths first to hold a year long consultation inviting Canadians from all walks of life to participate in exactly what they thought the direction of APEC should be.</p>\n<p>Second, we supported a people's summit.</p>\n<p>Third, we told all the leaders and their delegations that there would be demonstrations and that we would establish the proper sort of setting in which Canadians could express themselves. Furthermore, we maintain that right of free speech not only everywhere in the world but here in Canada.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/9/29/lloyd-axworthy-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5724/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3118/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Apec Summit",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/9/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F9%2F29%2F"
    }
}