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speech (committee meeting) resource
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{
"time": "2025-10-23 16:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Wade Chang (Burnaby Central, Lib.)",
"fr": "Wade Chang (Burnaby Central, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8977603\" data-originallang=\"en\">Professor Pardy, as the first openly gay member of this House, I'm very proud of my own identity.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8977604\" data-originallang=\"en\"> In 2008, when I studied in Australia, somebody shouted at me and told me to go back to Asia when I walked down the street. More recently, in 2022, at Metrotown station, one of the busiest SkyTrain stations in Vancouver, someone shouted at me and said, \u201cWhat are you looking at, Asian? If you want to 'F-word', go to Davie Street.\u201d</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8977605\" data-originallang=\"en\"> You say it is okay to hate people in this country. Do you agree that what I was told is appropriate?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8977603\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur Pardy, en tant que premier d\u00e9put\u00e9 ouvertement gai \u00e0 la Chambre, je suis tr\u00e8s fier de ma propre identit\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8977604\" data-originallang=\"en\"> En 2008, lorsque j'\u00e9tudiais en Australie, quelqu'un m'a cri\u00e9 de retourner en Asie quand je marchais dans la rue. Plus r\u00e9cemment, en 2022, \u00e0 la station Metrotown, l'une des stations du SkyTrain les plus achaland\u00e9es de Vancouver, quelqu'un m'a cri\u00e9: \u00ab Qu'est\u2011ce que vous regardez, l'Asiatique? Si vous voulez \u00ab gros mot \u00bb, allez sur la rue Davie. \u00bb</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8977605\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Vous dites qu'il est acceptable de ha\u00efr les gens dans ce pays. Croyez-vous que ce qu'on m'a dit est appropri\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/justice/45-1/9/wade-chang-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/wade-chang/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4826/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13193632",
"document_url": "/committees/justice/45-1/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fjustice%2F45-1%2F9%2F"
}
}