Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2004-10-19 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Scott Brison (Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I still cannot understand why the Leader of the Opposition does not understand the importance of respecting the independence of a judicial inquiry. Further, the Leader of the Opposition has some questions to answer as to why he equivocates about defending Canadian institutions like Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but is all too fast to embrace Belgian institutions. That hon. member, if he does not answer those questions, is the Belgian waffler of the House of Commons.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2004/10/19/scott-brison-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/scott-brison/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1336/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Sponsorship Program",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2004/10/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2004%2F10%2F19%2F"
    }
}