Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2010-03-08 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Michael Ignatieff (Leader of the Opposition, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1800356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the government's record on this lacks all credibility. It shut the House down to avoid questions on this subject. It has withheld uncensored evidence from Parliament. Now it has asked the justice to decide what evidence Parliament should and should not see, but how can he do his job properly? We have not even seen the mandate. We have not even seen his authority.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800357\" data-originallang=\"en\">Why not give Canadians the truth? Why not appoint a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of this sorry affair?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1800356\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le bilan du gouvernement dans ce dossier manque totalement de cr\u00e9dibilit\u00e9. Il a ferm\u00e9 la Chambre pour \u00e9viter d'avoir \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 des questions \u00e0 ce sujet. Il a cach\u00e9 au Parlement des renseignements non censur\u00e9s. Il a maintenant demand\u00e9 au juge de d\u00e9cider quels renseignements le Parlement devrait voir et lesquels il ne devrait pas voir, mais comment peut-il bien faire son travail? Nous n'avons pas vu le mandat qui lui a \u00e9t\u00e9 confi\u00e9 ni les pouvoirs dont il est investi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800357\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pourquoi ne pas dire la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 aux Canadiens? Pourquoi ne pas tenir une enqu\u00eate publique en bonne et due forme pour aller au fond de cette triste affaire?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/3/8/michael-ignatieff-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/michael-ignatieff/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/448/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3024256",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Afghanistan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/3/8/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F3%2F8%2F"
    }
}