Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2002-11-19 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Martin Cauchon (Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the hon. member knows very well that it is not exactly what was said by the parliamentary secretary. He knows as well that we just had a meeting with my colleagues from across Canada. We have been discussing the question of the age of consent and there is obviously no consensus around the table.</p>\n<p>The main goal of all that is to ensure that we will keep offering our children good protection. I guess that by using the Criminal Code differently there are other ways we can achieve that.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2002/11/19/martin-cauchon-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5142/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3301/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Age of Consent",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2002/11/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2002%2F11%2F19%2F"
    }
}