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{
    "time": "2008-03-13 16:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Andy Scott",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"993733\" data-originallang=\"en\">I took the point, and I think everybody has talked about the fact that we're talking about a very small part of the available entertainment information and that we need to do something else, which then lends itself to something more proactive, broader.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"993734\" data-originallang=\"en\">Back to the teachers. I think at the end of the day we're going to have to figure out some way to enable young people to be more discerning. I think it's coming. It's not going to become less. We're going to have to equip kids to deal with what's coming rather than feel that somehow we can protect them. We have to do everything we can to make sure that the inputs are as civilized as we can make them, if that's not too subjective a term, but at the same time we have to recognize that our efforts may be overwhelmed by the incoming....</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"993733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je comprends votre point de vue, et je pense que tout le monde a parl\u00e9 du fait qu'il est ici question d'une infime partie de l'industrie du divertissement et qu'il faut prendre des mesures plus proactives qui s'inscrivent dans un plan d'action beaucoup plus vaste. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"993734\" data-originallang=\"en\">Revenons aux enseignants. Je pense qu'au bout du compte, nous devrons trouver un moyen de stimuler l'esprit critique de nos jeunes afin qu'ils fassent preuve de discernement. Je crois que nous nous engageons dans cette voie. Nous devrons outiller nos enfants afin qu'ils puissent faire les bons choix plut\u00f4t que de croire que nous pouvons les prot\u00e9ger. Nous devons, autant que possible, avoir une d\u00e9marche civilis\u00e9e, si ce terme n'est pas trop subjectif, mais en m\u00eame temps, nous devons \u00eatre conscients que nos efforts peuvent ne pas suffire \u00e0 la t\u00e2che, compte tenu...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/canadian-heritage/39-2/22/andy-scott-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/259/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2524/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2377769",
    "document_url": "/committees/canadian-heritage/39-2/22/",
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}