Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2005-11-16 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Jack Layton (Toronto\u2014Danforth, NDP)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, all week we have been listening to Liberals say that they could not adopt the reasonable compromise that is before Parliament that could get things done and launch the election in January. However, yesterday the Deputy Prime Minister indicated that there was absolutely nothing to stop the Prime Minister from agreeing to this proposal. It is not a question of whether the Liberals cannot agree to the proposal, it is a question of whether they will. They simply will not.</p>\n<p>Here is the question. Why is it that this leader is the only leader in the House that will not compromise?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2005/11/16/jack-layton-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jack-layton/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1436/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Parliament of Canada",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2005/11/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2005%2F11%2F16%2F"
    }
}