Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-06-10 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Alexa McDonough (Halifax, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the fact remains that the government caved, caved to illegal American threats, but that is the record of the government. On Canadian culture, it caved. On Pacific salmon, it caved. On plutonium imports, it caved. On environmental polluters, it caved.</p>\n<p>This raises the terrifying question of what is next. Will it be customs union, the American dollar or American health care? Does the government have any policy position other than flat on its back?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/6/10/alexa-mcdonough-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/192/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2543/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Culture",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/6/10/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F6%2F10%2F"
    }
}