Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-04-20 14:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michel Gauthier (Roberval, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, in 1991, the current Prime Minister was the Leader of the Opposition, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, a member on these benches, and the two of them rose in the House to demand a vote from Brian Mulroney before troops were sent to Iraq.</p>\n<p>Seven years later, they are in the government. Why did they change their point of view?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/4/20/michel-gauthier-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/116/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3311/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Kosovo",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/4/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F4%2F20%2F"
    }
}