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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": "1999-11-18 13:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Deepak Obhrai (Calgary East, Ref.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had the pleasure to participate in round table discussions with a number of Canadian businesses, ranging from agricultural consulting to telecommunications, dedicated to making a difference in the developing world.</p>\n<p>As Canada prepares for the new round of WTO negotiations we must remember that Canada has prospered greatly from a rules based trading system. However, we cannot fail to include developing countries in the economic and social benefits offered by international trade.</p>\n<p>The Canadian private sector, in co-operation with private sector companies in the developing world, can play a vital role in the new millennium in alleviating poverty by inspiring hope, hope where people can dream of a future for themselves and their children because of jobs and new opportunities. These are the benefits of international trade.</p>\n<p>We look to Seattle and the WTO as a mechanism to increase prosperity for all people of the world, not just a few.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1999/11/18/deepak-obhrai-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/deepak-obhrai/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2449/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "World Trade Organization",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1999/11/18/",
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}