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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2013-12-03 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bruce Hyer (Thunder Bay\u2014Superior North, Ind.)",
"fr": "M. Bruce Hyer (Thunder Bay\u2014Superior-Nord, Ind.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3506192\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"170497\" href=\"/politicians/michael-chong/\" title=\"Michael Chong\">Wellington\u2014Halton Hills</a> today introduced one of the most important bills in Canada's history. The reform act would restore the balance of power between party leaders and MPs, and it would restore true democracy to Canada. Canadians will be watching closely to see how the NDP and Liberal MPs will vote. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3506193\" data-originallang=\"en\">The parliamentary secretary ducked the question, so my question for the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> is this. Will he whip the Conservative vote on the reform act?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3506192\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"170497\" href=\"/politicians/michael-chong/\" title=\"Michael Chong\">Wellington\u2014Halton Hills</a> a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 aujourd'hui l'un des projets de loi les plus importants de l'histoire canadienne. La loi instituant des r\u00e9formes favoriserait une distribution plus \u00e9quitable du pouvoir entre les chefs de parti et les d\u00e9put\u00e9s; ainsi, la d\u00e9mocratie reprendrait tout son sens au Canada. Les Canadiens surveilleront de pr\u00e8s le vote des d\u00e9put\u00e9s n\u00e9o-d\u00e9mocrates et lib\u00e9raux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3506193\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme le secr\u00e9taire parlementaire a contourn\u00e9 la question \u00e0 laquelle il aurait d\u00fb r\u00e9pondre, voici celle que j'adresse au <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a>: obligera-t-il les d\u00e9put\u00e9s conservateurs \u00e0 voter selon la consigne du parti quand la loi sur la r\u00e9forme sera mise aux voix?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/12/3/bruce-hyer-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bruce-hyer/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4151/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8177405",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Democratic Reform",
"fr": "La r\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/12/3/",
"related": {
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}
}