Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2003-02-12 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Andy Burton (Skeena, Canadian Alliance)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, Canadians are being prevented from obtaining their passports under the guise of increased national security. In the last six months my constituency office has been inundated by hundreds of angry constituents. Some have even been forced to cancel trips, costing them thousands of dollars, due to the incompetence of the government.</p>\n<p>I have repeatedly raised their concerns with the passport department of foreign affairs to no avail. When the advertised processing time is 45 working days, why are my constituents waiting months for their passports?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2003/2/12/andy-burton-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/3121/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1592/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Foreign Affairs",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2003/2/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2003%2F2%2F12%2F"
    }
}