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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": "2025-10-09 16:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Mark Gerretsen",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Mark Gerretsen"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8906907\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, leave it to the Conservatives to blame something on the bureaucrats: \u201cOh, the bureaucrats did it. They were the ones who moved things around and closed them.\u201d I think I will just leave it at that.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8906907\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il n'y a que les conservateurs pour jeter le bl\u00e2me sur les bureaucrates: \u00ab Oh, ce sont les bureaucrates qui ont fait cela. Ce sont eux qui ont d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 les choses et qui ont ferm\u00e9 les bureaux. \u00bb Je pense que je vais en rester l\u00e0.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2025/10/9/mark-gerretsen-17/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mark-gerretsen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4311/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13172997",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion",
"fr": "Motion de l'opposition"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2025/10/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F10%2F9%2F"
}
}