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{
    "time": "2001-05-03 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Francine Lalonde (Mercier, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, Tuesday, according to the Canadian Press, the Minister for International Trade told a meeting of business people that the only two conditions set by the ministers in Buenos Aires were that translations be provided and that the texts be made available after the Quebec summit. Yesterday, in committee, he was singing quite a different tune.</p>\n<p>How could he proudly proclaim, as he did, his great victory in convincing the other ministers to make the texts available, when he knew that there was never any question of doing so before the summit?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2001/5/3/francine-lalonde-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/francine-lalonde/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3298/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Free Trade Area Of The Americas",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2001/5/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2001%2F5%2F3%2F"
    }
}