Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2016-12-14 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Maryam Monsef (Minister of Democratic Institutions, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Maryam Monsef (ministre des Institutions d\u00e9mocratiques, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4710280\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as a government, we continue to be committed to strengthening our democratic institutions. We continue to be committed to working with all members of the House to strengthen what we have. We are seriously committed to hearing from many more Canadians, not just through the traditional means of engagement but through new, innovative digital initiatives. More than 250,000 Canadians have felt empowered and have responded to our digital campaign. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4710281\" data-originallang=\"en\">We look forward to hearing from many more voices before we introduce legislation.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4710280\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le gouvernement demeure d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 renforcer les institutions d\u00e9mocratiques et \u00e0 travailler avec tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s pour renforcer les mesures d\u00e9j\u00e0 en place. Il s'engage s\u00e9rieusement \u00e0 entendre les opinions de beaucoup d'autres Canadiens, non seulement par l'interm\u00e9diaire de moyens d'engagement traditionnels, mais aussi par l'entremise de nouvelles initiatives num\u00e9riques novatrices. Plus de 250 000 Canadiens ont exerc\u00e9 leur pouvoir et ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 notre campagne num\u00e9rique. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4710281\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons h\u00e2te de prendre connaissance de l'opinion de nombreux autres Canadiens avant de pr\u00e9senter une mesure l\u00e9gislative.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/12/14/maryam-monsef-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/maryam-monsef/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4284/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9321165",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Democratic Reform",
        "fr": "La r\u00e9forme d\u00e9mocratique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/12/14/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F12%2F14%2F"
    }
}