`search_debates`

Pack: openparliament-ca · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp

List Hansard speeches (debate contributions) by a specific MP and/or party, optionally within a date range. Returns who spoke, when, and the speech text. IMPORTANT: the OpenParliament API has NO free-text/topic search — you must filter by politician (MP slug; find one via list_politicians) and/or party. There is no way to search debates by subject keyword.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`politician`	string	no	MP slug, e.g. “justin-trudeau” (use list_politicians to find slugs)
`party`	string	no	Party slug (e.g. “liberal”, “conservative”, “ndp”)
`date_from`	string	no	YYYY-MM-DD
`date_to`	string	no	YYYY-MM-DD
`limit`	number	no	1-100 (default 20)
`offset`	number	no	0-based offset

Example call

Arguments

{
  "politician": "justin-trudeau",
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_debates","arguments":{"politician":"justin-trudeau","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_debates', {
  "politician": "justin-trudeau",
  "limit": 10
});

More examples

{
  "party": "liberal",
  "date_from": "2024-01-01",
  "date_to": "2024-12-31",
  "limit": 50
}

Response shape

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Search results from Hansard contributions (debates)"
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openparliament-ca": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openparliament-ca/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_debates