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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2006-04-06 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh (Vancouver South, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"43014\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in my constituency of Vancouver South there is a historic landmark, Joy Kogawa House, the childhood home of renowned Canadian author Joy Kogawa. It is the home from which Ms. Kogawa and her family were removed as part of the internment of Japanese Canadians during the second world war. The existence of this house is a powerful reminder of a shameful episode in Canada's history. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"43015\" data-originallang=\"en\">The house is due to be demolished on April 30, 2006. The Save Joy Kogawa House Committee and the Land Conservancy of B.C. have mounted a campaign to save the house and turn it into a museum and writers' residence, but Canadian Heritage has denied the emergency funding request from these organizations. The Minister of Canadian Heritage will not even meet with them. I urge the minister to meet with the organizations and find a viable solution to preserve this very important historic site before it is too late.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"43014\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ma circonscription, Vancouver-Sud, compte un \u00e9difice historique, la maison Joy Kogawa. Il s'agit de la maison o\u00f9 a grandi Joy Kogawa, auteure canadienne renomm\u00e9e. Mme Kogawa et sa famille en ont \u00e9t\u00e9 expuls\u00e9s durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale quand on a intern\u00e9 les Canadiens d'origine japonaise. Cette maison constitue un puissant rappel de cet \u00e9pisode honteux de l'histoire canadienne. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"43015\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le 30 avril 2006, cet \u00e9difice doit \u00eatre d\u00e9moli. Le comit\u00e9 de sauvegarde de la maison Joy Kogawa et le Land Conservancy de la Colombie-Britannique m\u00e8nent une campagne pour sauver la maison et la transformer en mus\u00e9e et en r\u00e9sidence d'auteur, mais Patrimoine canadien refuse d'accorder des fonds d'urgence \u00e0 ces organisations. La ministre du Patrimoine canadien refuse m\u00eame de les rencontrer. J'exhorte la ministre \u00e0 rencontrer ces organisations et \u00e0 trouver une solution viable pour pr\u00e9server cet \u00e9difice historique important avant qu'il ne soit trop tard.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/4/6/ujjal-dosanjh-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/ujjal-dosanjh/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1296/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1499492",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canadian Heritage",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/4/6/",
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}