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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": "2018-10-02 14:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Dominic LeBlanc (Minister of Intergovernmental and Northern Affairs and Internal Trade, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Dominic LeBlanc (ministre des Affaires intergouvernementales et du Nord et du Commerce int\u00e9rieur, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5545349\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, in spite my colleague's faux outrage, it is important to show Canadians that we make decisions based on data. My colleague knows full well that the data since last summer show that, compared to last year, the number of irregular migrants being intercepted at the border has dropped by half.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5545350\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In spite of the Conservatives' opposition, we will keep our international commitments, ensure the safety of Canadians and meet our obligations under Canadian law.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5545349\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, malgr\u00e9 l'indignation simul\u00e9e de mon coll\u00e8gue, il est important de d\u00e9montrer aux Canadiens que nous prenons des d\u00e9cisions fond\u00e9es sur les donn\u00e9es. Mon coll\u00e8gue sait fort bien que les donn\u00e9es, depuis l'\u00e9t\u00e9 dernier, d\u00e9montrent que le nombre d'interceptions \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re de migrants irr\u00e9guliers est la moiti\u00e9 de ce qu'il \u00e9tait l'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5545350\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Malgr\u00e9 l'opposition des conservateurs, nous allons respecter nos engagements internationaux, assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des Canadiens et respecter nos obligations en vertu des lois canadiennes.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/10/2/dominic-leblanc-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dominic-leblanc/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1314/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10280705",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship",
"fr": "L'immigration, les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la citoyennet\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/10/2/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F10%2F2%2F"
}
}