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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2006-05-16 13:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Peggy Nash",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6967\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it may be that not all of the scientific data is 100% complete, but I would remind the hon. member that bodies like the Canadian Cancer Society, acting in the best interests of all Canadians, are urging that we ban pesticides. There is very strong indication that pesticides are linked to ill health. Surely the obligation is to prove that chemicals are completely safe as opposed to waiting until all the epidemiological evidence is complete, at the cost of lives and health of our citizens, before making the kind of ironclad decision as the hon. member is suggesting.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6967\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il n'est pas dit que toute l'information scientifique a \u00e9t\u00e9 recueillie int\u00e9gralement. Je rappellerai au d\u00e9put\u00e9 que des entit\u00e9s telles que la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 canadienne du cancer, qui agissent dans le meilleur int\u00e9r\u00eat de tous les Canadiens, recommandent avec insistance l'interdiction des pesticides. On a de tr\u00e8s fortes raisons de croire qu'il existe une corr\u00e9lation entre pesticides et mauvaise sant\u00e9. Il vaut s\u00fbrement mieux exiger que l'innocuit\u00e9 des produits chimiques soit prouv\u00e9e que d'attendre que toutes les preuves \u00e9pid\u00e9miologiques aient \u00e9t\u00e9 recueillies, au prix de la sant\u00e9 et de la vie de certains de nos concitoyens, avant d'adopter une mesure en b\u00e9ton comme celle que propose le d\u00e9put\u00e9.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/5/16/peggy-nash-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peggy-nash/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/522/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1540056",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Pesticides",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/5/16/",
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}