Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2000-05-09 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Bernard Bigras (Rosemont, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, today we have learned that Immigration Canada has just refused to issue visas to 24 African business people who have been invited to the 5th Salon africain et cr\u00e9ole Desjardins to be held in Montreal, in which CIDA and the Department of External Affairs are involved, among others.</p>\n<p>Do Immigration employees have nothing better to do than to hassle business people who have been invited to an international salon organized by Desjardins and supported by a number of federal ministers?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2000/5/9/bernard-bigras-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/bernard-bigras/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2715/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Immigration",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2000/5/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2000%2F5%2F9%2F"
    }
}