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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": "2024-12-09 14:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Karina Gould (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Karina Gould (leader du gouvernement \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8777562\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, one thing we know is that the <a data-HoCid=\"291215\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">Leader of the Opposition</a> certainly does not allow any free votes for his members of Parliament. We also know that he does not allow them to speak for themselves. What we do know is that when they try to advocate for their communities, what does he say? \u201cNo, do not do that, because I do not think it is politically expedient for me.\u201d</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8777563\" data-originallang=\"en\">He muzzles his own MPs, does not allow them to have free votes and keeps them from standing up for their communities.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8777562\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, s'il y a une chose que nous savons, c'est que le <a data-HoCid=\"291215\" href=\"/politicians/pierre-poilievre/\" title=\"Pierre Poilievre\">chef de l'opposition</a> ne permet pas aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s de son parti de voter librement, c'est certain. Nous savons \u00e9galement qu'il ne leur permet pas de s'exprimer en leur propre nom. Ce que nous savons, c'est ce qu'il leur dit quand ils tentent de d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats de leur circonscription: \u00ab Non, ne le faites pas, car je ne pense pas que cela serve mes int\u00e9r\u00eats politiques. \u00bb</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8777563\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il muselle ses propres d\u00e9put\u00e9s, il ne leur permet pas de voter librement et il les emp\u00eache de d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats de leur circonscription.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/12/9/karina-gould-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/karina-gould/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4287/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13053457",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Finance",
"fr": "Les finances"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/12/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F12%2F9%2F"
}
}