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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2002-02-08 11:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Dick Proctor (Palliser, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, one month ago cabinet ministers opposite learned of a serious imbalance regarding the treatment of Canadian and American professional musicians wishing to work in the other's country.</p>\n<p>Border changes in the U.S. now require a payment of more than $1,800 which effectively shuts out most Canadian musical artists from performing in the American market. The situation, however, facing U.S. musicians wishing to perform in Canada is entirely different.</p>\n<p>Until recently Canada customs charged about $450 total for an American band of up to 14 in number to obtain a work permit. Now even this modest fee has been removed, meaning that many more U.S. musicians and performing artists can now work in this country without first obtaining any work permit.</p>\n<p>That American musicians can cross into this country at will with no reciprocal treatment for Canadian musicians wishing to work in the U.S. is totally unacceptable. It has struck a sour note and one the government must take steps to rectify immediately.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/2002/2/8/dick-proctor-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/3870/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2737/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada Customs and Revenue Agency",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2002/2/8/",
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}
}