Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-05-07 11:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ren\u00e9 Canuel (Matap\u00e9dia\u2014Matane, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans has once again been very unfair to Quebec fishers.</p>\n<p>In spite of a 25% increase in the total quota for the northern shrimp fishery, Quebec fishers will only get 1.6% of it.</p>\n<p>The minister had pledged to consult the provinces but did not do it. Can he explain to Quebec fishers why he is trying so hard to help Newfoundland fishers? Is it because of his good friend, Mr. Tobin?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/5/7/rene-canuel-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/6403/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3296/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Fisheries",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/5/7/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F5%2F7%2F"
    }
}