Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-11-02 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ren\u00e9 Laurin (Joliette, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, according to a recent report on TVA, the army considers Corporal Daniel Aubut a deserter, when in fact he was fleeing Meaford base in Ontario in an effort to escape his colleagues, who were harassing him because he was the only francophone on the base.</p>\n<p>Does the minister intend to reveal the circumstances surrounding this matter, which would tend to indicate once more that discrimination against francophones remains, unfortunately, a fact of life in the army?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/11/2/rene-laurin-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/6354/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3279/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Corporal Daniel Aubut",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/11/2/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F11%2F2%2F"
    }
}