Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-03-17 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michel Gauthier (Roberval, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, if there are two cultures, how can the Prime Minister explain that the Minister of Canadian Heritage allowed the Quebec minister of cultural affairs to attend the Ottawa conference last year, but without the right to speak?</p>\n<p>I ask him whether he really thinks that, by denying the facts, by gagging us and trying to keep us from expressing ourselves, he thinks he will resolve the problem. Does he think that by blacklisting the Government of Quebec he will stop us from having a voice internationally?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/3/17/michel-gauthier-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/116/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3311/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "International Cultural Forums",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/3/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F3%2F17%2F"
    }
}