Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-05-09 15:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Beryl Gaffney (Nepean)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand in the House today in support of the efforts of Debbie Mahaffy in her quest to have the importation of killer cards seized at the Canada-U.S. border to stop their distribution in Canada.</p>\n<p>I applaud the efforts of the Minister of Justice for tabling his draft legislation in the House of Commons on April 30, 1994 dealing with serial killer cards and board games.</p>\n<p>Therefore, the undersigned, your petitioners, humbly pray and call upon Parliament to amend the laws of Canada to prohibit the importation, distribution, sale and manufacture of killer cards in law and to advise producers of killer cards that their products if destined for Canada will be seized and destroyed.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/5/9/beryl-gaffney-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/7431/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3200/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1994/5/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F5%2F9%2F"
    }
}