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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": "1994-02-23 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Sarkis Assadourian (Don Valley North)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I rise at this moment to make an urgent appeal on behalf of the metro Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank.</p>\n<p>It has been brought to my attention that the food bank has been enduring difficult times this winter. Currently there is only a three week supply of food. It needs at least seven more weeks worth of inventory in order to sustain itself until the Easter food drive.</p>\n<p>Food banks serve approximately 160,000 children and adults per month. With public donations on the decline the food bank is finding it increasingly difficult to meet such high demand.</p>\n<p>Traditionally Canadians have understood the importance of groups and organizations which provide assistance to those individuals less fortunate.</p>\n<p>In keeping with this tradition, I call on my colleagues from the metro Toronto area to ensure their food bank is not forgotten and to encourage all the residents of their respective ridings to provide all possible donations for the continued survival of such a worthy cause.</p>",
"fr": ""
},
"url": "/debates/1994/2/23/sarkis-assadourian-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/4425/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3164/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/1994/2/23/",
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}
}