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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": "1994-12-15 11:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Miss Deborah Grey (Beaver River, Ref.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36 I would like to present a petition signed by several people from Saint Paul, Alberta in the heart of my constituency of Beaver River.</p>\n<p>They are saying that grandparents as a consequence of death, separation or divorce of their children are often denied access to their grandchildren. The relationship which exists between grandparents and grandchildren is very natural, fundamental and certainly a special one.</p>\n<p>These petitioners are requesting that Parliament amend the Divorce Act to include a provision similar to section 611 in the Quebec civil code which states: \"In no case may a father or mother without serious cause place obstacles between the child and grandparents. Failing agreement between the parties, the modalities of the relations are settled by the court\".</p>\n<p>They are asking that they be allowed to go to court to settle these matters.</p>\n<p>Madam Speaker, I wish you a Merry Christmas.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1994/12/15/deborah-grey-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/3949/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3050/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1994/12/15/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F12%2F15%2F"
}
}