Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2002-04-29 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Rick Borotsik (Brandon--Souris, PC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is shocked that 70% of Canadians hold politicians at such low esteem. He has no one to blame but himself. Corruption is rampant and political patronage is the norm. Even court documents show that the ethics counsellor is anything but independent. He even proposes answers for the Prime Minister on sensitive conflicts.</p>\n<p>Would the Prime Minister heed his own advice and help instill confidence in our political system? Will he make the ethics counsellor an independent officer of this parliament?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2002/4/29/rick-borotsik-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4228/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2507/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Ethics Counsellor",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2002/4/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2002%2F4%2F29%2F"
    }
}