Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "1999-11-23 14:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. St\u00e9phane Bergeron (Verch\u00e8res\u2014Les-Patriotes, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, a large crowd gathered in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu to celebrate the Journ\u00e9e nationale des patriotes, which is held on the Sunday closest to November 23, the anniversary of the battle of Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, which ended by a Patriots' victory, in 1837.</p>\n<p>However, the patriot movement had begun several years earlier and was then the most influential political movement in Lower Canada, with a majority of seats in the House of Assembly.</p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as is often the case when peoples are subjected to oppression, the Patriots had no choice but to trade their pens and their words for forks and guns, to protect their properties, their lives and the ideals in which they believed. Several of them were killed, injured or jailed for having taken up arms against the British occupant, who even tried to have them blamed for the violence that had taken place.</p>\n<p>History will remember that we owe it to the Patriots if we have a truly democratic and responsible government, civil and political liberties of which we are proud, not to mention the fact that our people is now on its way to autonomy and freedom.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/1999/11/23/stephane-bergeron-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/stephane-bergeron/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3327/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Journ\u00e9e Nationale Des Patriotes",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/1999/11/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F1999%2F11%2F23%2F"
    }
}