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{
    "time": "2006-12-08 11:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mario Laframboise (Argenteuil\u2014Papineau\u2014Mirabel, BQ)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"342450\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, this year, National Safe Driving Week is from December 1 to 7. In the past 50 years, some 200,000 people have lost their lives on Canada's roads. This is a staggering figure and exceeds the total number of Canadians who were killed during both great world wars.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342451\" data-originallang=\"fr\">During National Safe Driving Week, it is our duty, as elected members, to remind our constituents to be careful and responsible on the roads, especially as the holidays draw near.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342452\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is a season in which we enjoy good times and good meals, and often indulge in a drink or two. Although there are increasingly fewer victims of car accidents in which alcohol is involved, the fact remains that driving while impaired is still the cause of far too many tragedies on the road. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342453\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am calling on everyone to be responsible and not to drink and drive, or to call a designated driver service such as Operation Red Nose in areas where that service is provided.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"342450\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la Semaine nationale de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re se tient, cette ann\u00e9e, du 1<sup>er </sup>au 7 d\u00e9cembre. Rappelons-nous qu'au cours des 50 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, environ 200 000 personnes ont perdu la vie sur les routes du Canada, un chiffre renversant qui d\u00e9passe le nombre total de Canadiens qui ont trouv\u00e9 la mort au cours des deux grandes guerres mondiales. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342451\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En cette de Semaine nationale de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 routi\u00e8re, en tant qu'\u00e9lus, nous avons le devoir de rappeler \u00e0 nos commettants d'\u00eatre prudents et responsables sur les routes, plus particuli\u00e8rement \u00e0 l'approche des F\u00eates.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342452\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le temps des F\u00eates est une p\u00e9riode durant laquelle nous savourons de bons repas et de bons moments souvent arros\u00e9s d'alcool. Bien qu'il y ait de moins en moins de victimes d'accidents de la route dans lesquels l'alcool est en cause, il n'en demeure pas moins que la conduite avec les facult\u00e9s affaiblies demeure la cause de beaucoup trop de trag\u00e9dies sur nos routes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"342453\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'invite les gens \u00e0 \u00eatre responsables et \u00e0 ne pas prendre le volant s'ils ont consomm\u00e9 de l'alcool, ou \u00e0 faire appel \u00e0 un service d'accompagnement comme Op\u00e9ration Nez rouge dans les r\u00e9gions o\u00f9 le service existe. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2006/12/8/mario-laframboise-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mario-laframboise/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/465/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1830478",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Safe Driving Week",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2006/12/8/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2006%2F12%2F8%2F"
    }
}