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{
    "time": "2001-11-27 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, Canadian Alliance)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, we have been standing in the House for three or four days begging the government to do it and it said there was no need to do it because he was in the proper place. I thank him for at least doing that.</p>\n<p>His criminal record is long: six counts of assault causing bodily harm, one count of aggravated assault, eight convictions for assault, all committed prior to the brutal murder of Joe MacDonald, the on duty constable. He was on the run when he killed the cop. Obviously he is a dangerous offender.</p>\n<p>Will he immediately put him in a max--</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2001/11/27/kevin-sorenson-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-sorenson/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1552/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Justice",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2001/11/27/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2001%2F11%2F27%2F"
    }
}