Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1998-11-26 14:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Diane St-Jacques (Shefford, PC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, one year ago today, the government released the Krever report.</p>\n<p>One of the recommendations was that the government compensate all victims of hepatitis C.</p>\n<p>However, instead of taking an approach based on compassion and respect for all the victims, who have had an incalculable price to pay emotionally and financially, the Liberal government continues to insist on excluding those infected before 1986.</p>\n<p>Meanwhile, victims like Stan Marshall, the young man who was featured in the <em>Toronto Star</em> this morning, are dying one after the other. Stan Marshall died last month after years of fighting, seething rage and frustration fueled by the irresponsible attitude of this government, which neglects to put its moral duty before anything else.</p>\n<p>What is the government waiting for to act? For all the victims to have died one by one?</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1998/11/26/diane-st-jacques-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/2888/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2724/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Krever Commission Report",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1998/11/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1998%2F11%2F26%2F"
    }
}