Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2003-02-05 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Elsie Wayne (Saint John, PC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of National Defence.</p>\n<p>Media reports published this morning suggest that in the event of a war against Iraq the Canadian government would send our troops to Afghanistan to relieve American soldiers. Only eight months ago we were unable to sustain a deployment of 750 ground troops for more than a single rotation.</p>\n<p>Is this actually the government's plan? If so, where does the minister expect to find the manpower resources to replace our American allies?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2003/2/5/elsie-wayne-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/4317/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3130/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Defence",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2003/2/5/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2003%2F2%2F5%2F"
    }
}