Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1997-12-01 14:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Maurice Dumas (Argenteuil\u2014Papineau, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, I would like to take advantage of World AIDS Day to honour all of the men and women engaged in the search for a cure for this dreadful disease.</p>\n<p>I would also like us all to remember its far too numerous victims. Since 1978, 14,836 cases have been reported in Canada. To date, 10,837 people with AIDS have died. Far too many, alas.</p>\n<p>According to the Department of Health, the AIDS epidemic could cost the Canadian economy up to $22 billion over the next five years, if nothing is done to check it. Terry Albert and Gregory Williams, the authors of the report, conclude that \u201cover the past seven years, Canada has lost ground in its battle against the AIDS epidemic\u201d.</p>\n<p>Canada must regain lost ground and develop an AIDS prevention strategy that is beyond reproach, not only for economic reasons but also, and above all, for humanitarian ones.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1997/12/1/maurice-dumas-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/6281/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3257/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "World Aids Day",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1997/12/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1997%2F12%2F1%2F"
    }
}