Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-05-06 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Right Hon. Jean Chr\u00e9tien",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Paul Arcand spoke of a winning condition. Lapierre's reply was:\u201cThere you are. The Canadian Constitution is very clear on federal jurisdiction over international trade and foreign affairs. There is no doubt about that. Yet any time you want to go beyond your jurisdiction, you know that Ottawa will say no. Such a clever strategy\u201d.</p>\n<p>So there we have it. They provoke incidents. They go on and on about interference in provincial areas of jurisdiction, while they are trampling roughshod over federal areas of jurisdiction all the time.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/5/6/jean-chretien-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jean-chretien/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3320/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "International Relations",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/5/6/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F5%2F6%2F"
    }
}