Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2003-05-12 14:40:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Vic Toews (Provencher, Canadian Alliance)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, a recent Ipsos-Reid poll stated that two out of three Canadians thought the Supreme Court of Canada was influenced by partisan politics. This conclusion is not surprising given the absolute right of the Prime Minister to appoint judges to the Supreme Court.</p>\n<p>Why is the Prime Minister satisfied with seeing the court increasingly become an arm of the Prime Minister's Office because of this partisan appointment process?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2003/5/12/vic-toews-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/vic-toews/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1609/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Justice",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2003/5/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2003%2F5%2F12%2F"
    }
}