Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1994-09-29 10:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Miss Deborah Grey (Beaver River)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Madam Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36, I would like to present some petitions this morning on behalf of several people who live in and around the Edmonton area.</p>\n<p>The petitioners state that a majority of Canadians believe that the privileges which society accords to heterosexual couples should not be extended to same sex relationships.</p>\n<p>They pray and request that Parliament not amend the human rights code, the Canadian Human Rights Act or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in any way which would tend to indicate societal approval of same sex relationships and also not include the term, which is as yet undefined, sexual orientation in the human rights code.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1994/9/29/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/1994/9/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1994%2F9%2F29%2F"
    }
}