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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": "2010-03-08 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Michael Ignatieff (Leader of the Opposition, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1800360\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, first the government hid behind the Canadian Forces, and now it is hiding behind Justice Iacobucci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800361\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The judge does not have a clear mandate, nor does he have the authority he needs to carry out his task. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800362\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Canadians want the truth, they need the truth, and they have a right to know the truth. Every day brings more questions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800363\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Why did the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> refuse to hold a public inquiry? What does he have to hide?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1800360\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement se cachait derri\u00e8re les forces, maintenant il se cache derri\u00e8re le juge Iacobucci.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800361\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le juge n'a aucune directive claire, ni mission d\u00e9finie ni les moyens n\u00e9cessaires d'accomplir sa t\u00e2che.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800362\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les Canadiens veulent la v\u00e9rit\u00e9, ils ont besoin de la v\u00e9rit\u00e9, ils ont droit \u00e0 la v\u00e9rit\u00e9. Chaque jour, de nouvelles questions surgissent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1800363\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pourquoi le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> refuse-t-il une enqu\u00eate publique? Qu'a-t-il \u00e0 cacher?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/3/8/michael-ignatieff-4/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-ignatieff/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/448/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3024260",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Afghanistan",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/3/8/",
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}
}