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{
    "time": "1999-04-27 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Chuck Cadman (Surrey North, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, Paul Glover at no time raised the issue of criminal proceedings. The young men raised it themselves in an attempt to escape civil liability. The minister knows that civil court is the only place where victims can seek redress for pain and suffering.</p>\n<p>I ask the minister again: Does the Young Offenders Act apply to the civil courts? And there is no appeal pending.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/4/27/chuck-cadman-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3132/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2497/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Young Offenders Act",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/4/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F4%2F27%2F"
    }
}