Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-12-08 10:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ian McClelland (Edmonton Southwest, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure today to rise to present a petition on behalf of 458 citizens who ask that the Parliament of Canada protect and take care of human life and human dignity; that physicians should not be working to end lives but to save them.</p>\n<p>The petitioners do not want the Criminal Code of Canada changed in any way to suggest that assisted suicide be made legal or countenanced by the state in any way.</p>\n<p>I concur with my petitioners.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/12/8/ian-mcclelland-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5412/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3062/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/12/8/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F12%2F8%2F"
    }
}