Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2002-04-08 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Robert Nault (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, the position of the Government of Canada for the good of the economy and the people of British Columbia is to get into a tripartite negotiation with the first nations communities in order to build modern treaties, to bring certainty to land tenure. This would allow, for example, in the last number of studies that we have done an increase in economic development of some billion dollars a year.</p>\n<p>It has also been our position that we do not think referendums are helpful. We prefer to get to the table and negotiate.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2002/4/8/bob-nault-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/bob-nault/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3185/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Aboriginal Affairs",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2002/4/8/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2002%2F4%2F8%2F"
    }
}