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.
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": "2007-03-21 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Maka Kotto (Saint-Lambert, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"508005\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois would like to point out that while the Conservative government continues to be mistaken about the role of culture in our daily lives, while it refuses to provide adequate funding to the Canada Council for the Arts, while it stifles the vitality of Quebec and Canadian museums, while it hinders the development of the Quebec film industry, the cultural world is sounding the alarm.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"508006\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The UNESCO convention on cultural diversity came into force this past Sunday. The day after this historic date, the cultural world expected a significant gesture from the Conservatives in their budget speech. They thumbed their noses and showed their true colours.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"508007\" data-originallang=\"fr\">A great deal of hard work went into this historic convention. It deserves the respect and support of the Government of Canada. Enough with the misleading arguments. The people in this place and in Quebec have their eyes open and are watching the government. They are waiting and so are we.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"508005\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois tient \u00e0 souligner une chose: pendant que le gouvernement conservateur continue d'errer dans sa compr\u00e9hension du r\u00f4le de la culture dans les rouages de nos existences, pendant qu'il refuse de r\u00e9pondre ad\u00e9quatement au financement du Conseil des Arts, pendant qu'il \u00e9touffe la vitalit\u00e9 des mus\u00e9es du Qu\u00e9bec et du Canada, pendant qu'il entrave l'essor de l'industrie du cin\u00e9ma qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, le milieu culturel dans son ensemble tire la sonnette d'alarme. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"508006\" data-originallang=\"fr\">La convention de l'UNESCO sur la diversit\u00e9 culturelle est entr\u00e9e en vigueur dimanche dernier. Au lendemain de cette date historique, le milieu culturel s'attendait \u00e0 un geste significatif de la part des conservateurs dans leur la\u00efus budg\u00e9taire. Ce fut un v\u00e9ritable pied de nez. Les masques tombent! </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"508007\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cette convention est un accomplissement laborieux et historique. Elle m\u00e9rite respect et coh\u00e9rence de la part du gouvernement du Canada. Alors, tr\u00eave de sophismes soporifiques. Les gens d'ici et du Qu\u00e9bec ont les yeux bien ouverts et riv\u00e9s sur lui. Ils attendent; nous aussi. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/3/21/maka-kotto-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/156/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1517/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1966432",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Culture",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/3/21/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F3%2F21%2F"
}
}