Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1996-09-18 14:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Keith Martin (Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, Ref.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, today marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that shot down the ban on tobacco advertising. Tragically it also marks the one-hundred thousandth death from smoking related illnesses since the 1993 election.</p>\n<p>Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in Canada and kills over 42,000 people per year. This government has lowered cigarette taxes, allowed tobacco companies to advertise and has produced a 29 per cent increase in smoking rates among our youth. There are over 6.5 million smokers in this country. The government's legacy to Canadians is inaction on legislation which has committed thousands of children to a lifetime of addiction and illness.</p>\n<p>Taxpayers, health care workers, parents and teachers demand that this government institute effective measures to decrease tobacco consumption in Canada.</p>\n<p>The cost of inaction is the pain, suffering and premature death of children in this country.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1996/9/18/keith-martin-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/keith-martin/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3080/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Tobacco",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1996/9/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1996%2F9%2F18%2F"
    }
}