Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2001-04-24 14:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral (Laval Centre, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p>Mr. Speaker, on April 24, the international community commemorates the Armenian genocide of 1915, which resulted in the death of over one million persons.</p>\n<p>On March 24, 1998, Robert Kotcharian, the prime minister of the Republic of Armenia at the time, called for international recognition of the genocide, which was not \u201cthe tragedy of the Armenian people only\u201d, but a tragedy for \u201call of humanity and is a heavy burden for the Armenian people because it has gone unpunished and, worse yet, has not been condemned as it ought\u201d.</p>\n<p>In North America, the Ontario legislature, the Quebec national assembly and the states of California, Delaware, Massachusetts and New York have recognized the Armenian genocide.</p>\n<p>The Bloc Quebecois hopes that Canada, in keeping with its values of justice and compassion, will have the courage to adopt the following motion, which I moved in March: \u201cThat this House recognize the Armenian genocide of 1915 and condemn this act as a crime against humanity\u201d.</p>",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "url": "/debates/2001/4/24/madeleine-dalphond-guiral-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/5083/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3288/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Armenian People",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2001/4/24/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2001%2F4%2F24%2F"
    }
}