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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2006-09-22 11:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Mario Silva (Davenport, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"58364\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today across the world stories of domestic worker abuse must be acknowledged, the victims of which are often women and children. As with all human rights violations, we must stand firmly for the protection of the innocent. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"58365\" data-originallang=\"en\">We know that the weaker elements of our society often find themselves abused and oppressed. In this case, many are beaten, abused, held captive and enslaved.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"58366\" data-originallang=\"en\">Human Rights Watch reports that this abuse occurs across the globe in many nations. Sadly, these cases are often hidden by the fact that these victims are trapped in seemingly respectable homes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"58367\" data-originallang=\"en\">Today, I call on Canada, as a leader in human rights advocacy, to stand in solidarity with these tortured souls. We have a responsibility to keep them from being swept under the rug.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"58364\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, aujourd'hui, partout dans le monde, nous devons reconna\u00eetre les mauvais traitements dont sont victimes les travailleurs domestiques, qui sont souvent des femmes et des enfants. Comme dans le cas des violations des droits de la personne, nous devons prendre fermement position pour la protection des innocents.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"58365\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous savons que les membres les plus faibles de notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 sont souvent victimes de mauvais traitements et d'oppression. Dans le cas des travailleurs domestiques, beaucoup sont battus, soumis \u00e0 de mauvais traitements, gard\u00e9s captifs et r\u00e9duits en esclavage.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"58366\" data-originallang=\"en\">Human Rights Watch affirme que cette situation existe dans de nombreux pays. Malheureusement, les cas passent souvent inaper\u00e7us parce que les victimes sont prisonni\u00e8res de foyers en apparence respectables.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"58367\" data-originallang=\"en\">Aujourd'hui, j'exhorte le Canada, qui fait figure de d\u00e9fenseur des droits de la personne, \u00e0 \u00eatre solidaire de ces pauvres \u00eatres tortur\u00e9s. Nous avons la responsabilit\u00e9 d'emp\u00eacher que leur sort soit pass\u00e9 sous silence</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/9/22/mario-silva-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mario-silva/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1357/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1647439",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Domestic Workers",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/9/22/",
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}