Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2005-01-31 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Alexa McDonough (Halifax, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, Canadians know, despite Liberal denials, that when George Bush came to Canada he put serious pressure on us to sign on to star wars. Why would he do that? Because the Prime Minister continues to waffle. The Prime Minister wants to have it both ways and the government has not been clear on where it stands on missile defence.</p>\n<p>With the resumption of Parliament will the Prime Minister cease his dithering and do as Canadians want and just say no to Bush's missile defence madness?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2005/1/31/alexa-mcdonough-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/192/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2543/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Question Period",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Defence",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2005/1/31/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2005%2F1%2F31%2F"
    }
}