Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-05-27 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mauril B\u00e9langer (Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, if we opened a door, it has to do with the fact that the Americans are now recognizing for the first time the legitimacy of demanding a mostly Canadian content, something they had refused to recognize until now.</p>\n<p>In that sense, the agreement reached between our two countries is a victory for us, because we convinced the Americans to recognize the legitimacy of Canadian content in our cultural industries.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/5/27/mauril-belanger-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mauril-belanger/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3687/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Publishing Industry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/5/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F5%2F27%2F"
    }
}