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{
    "time": "2007-06-08 12:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Pierre Poilievre (Nepean\u2014Carleton, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"691764\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am proud to table a petition presented to me by hundreds of my constituents. They seek a national suicide prevention strategy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"691765\" data-originallang=\"en\"> There must be an increasing awareness and understanding about the impact of suicide on Canadians. There is a great need to develop, coordinate and build upon programs that reduce suicides across this country. That is why I rise today to present this petition on that subject. The petition has been presented to me by a very diligent group of constituents who are concerned about the issue. They are calling upon this Parliament and our government to act in order to prevent future suicides and help families that have been victims of those sorts of terrible tragedies.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"691764\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis fier de d\u00e9poser une p\u00e9tition qui m'a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par des centaines de citoyens de ma circonscription qui r\u00e9clament l'\u00e9laboration d'une strat\u00e9gie nationale de pr\u00e9vention du suicide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"691765\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il faut accro\u00eetre la sensibilisation \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du suicide et de son incidence sur les Canadiens. Il faut absolument \u00e9laborer, coordonner et mettre en oeuvre des programmes visant \u00e0 r\u00e9duire le nombre de suicides dans notre pays. C'est pourquoi je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour d\u00e9poser une p\u00e9tition \u00e0 ce sujet. La p\u00e9tition m'a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par un groupe de citoyens tr\u00e8s diligents qui se pr\u00e9occupent de cette question. Ils demandent au Parlement et \u00e0 notre gouvernement d'intervenir pour pr\u00e9venir le suicide et pour venir en aide aux familles qui ont perdu un proche dans ces circonstances tragiques.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/6/8/pierre-poilievre-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-poilievre/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1394/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2139327",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Suicide Prevention Strategy",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/6/8/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F6%2F8%2F"
    }
}