Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-05-28 11:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Anne McLellan (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I want to clarify for the hon. member that the Supreme Court of Canada in Stone as I understand it did not deal with the defence of provocation. However the hon. member is right that we are consulting on the defence of provocation as well as the defence of self-defence. I hope to be able to release the results of those consultations and proposals for changes to the law in the coming months.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/5/28/anne-mclellan-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/1951/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2460/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Justice",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/5/28/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F5%2F28%2F"
    }
}