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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2007-02-22 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Irwin Cotler (Mount Royal, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"449255\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, evasion and false countercharges are unbecoming of the <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">Minister of Justice</a> and unbecoming of the government.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"449256\" data-originallang=\"en\">The minister of justice in any government has a duty to protect the Constitution, a duty to protect the independence of the judiciary, and a duty to protect the rights of all Canadians. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"449257\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the government perform this duty or demean its responsibilities?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"449255\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les esquives et les contre-accusations sont indignes du <a data-HoCid=\"105824\" href=\"/politicians/rob-nicholson/\" title=\"Rob Nicholson\">ministre de la Justice</a> et du gouvernement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"449256\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le ministre de la Justice a, peu importe le gouvernement au pouvoir, le devoir de prot\u00e9ger la Constitution, de prot\u00e9ger l'ind\u00e9pendance de la magistrature et de prot\u00e9ger les droits de tous les Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"449257\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement compte-t-il s'acquitter de ce devoir ou bien se soustraire \u00e0 ses responsabilit\u00e9s?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/2/22/irwin-cotler-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/irwin-cotler/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3673/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1931851",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Judicial Appointments",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/2/22/",
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}
}