Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-10-22 12:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Bev Desjarlais (Churchill, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the transport minister is trying to decide the future of Canada's airline industry all by himself.</p>\n<p>In August he suspended the Competition Act. In September he blocked Liberal MPs from attending a transport meeting. In October he stacked the House of Commons transport committee. Now his November plan is to get the cabinet to give him the sole power to decide the future of the airline industry.</p>\n<p>Why does the minister think that only he knows what is best? What about involving Canadians? What about involving this parliament?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/10/22/bev-desjarlais-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3175/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2509/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Airline Industry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/10/22/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F10%2F22%2F"
    }
}