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{
"time": "2008-04-03 14:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bill Siksay (Burnaby\u2014Douglas, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1000578\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, a video tape from a party some years ago was released today in Regina that includes Saskatchewan Premier Wall, former Senator Berntson and the current Conservative member for <a data-HoCid=\"78722\" href=\"/politicians/tom-lukiwski/\" title=\"Tom Lukiwski\">Regina\u2014Lumsden\u2014Lake Centre</a> who allegedly states on the tape, \u201cLet me put it to you this way: There are As and Bs. The As are guys like me. The Bs are homosexual faggots with dirt under their fingernails who transmit diseases\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1000579\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the government ensure that the member makes an immediate, unequivocal apology to all members of the gay community and all Canadians for these ill-informed, hurtful and unconscionable remarks? Will it take all appropriate action?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1000578\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, l'enregistrement vid\u00e9o d'une f\u00eate qui a eu lieu il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, a \u00e9t\u00e9 diffus\u00e9 \u00e0 Regina aujourd'hui et on y voit le premier ministre de la Saskatchewan, M. Wall, l'ancien s\u00e9nateur Berntson et le d\u00e9put\u00e9 conservateur actuel de <a data-HoCid=\"78722\" href=\"/politicians/tom-lukiwski/\" title=\"Tom Lukiwski\">Regina\u2014Lumsden\u2014Lake Centre</a> qui y aurait dit: \u00ab Disons que, il y a des types A et des types B. Les types A sont des gars comme moi. Les types B sont des p\u00e9d\u00e9s qui ont les ongles sales et qui transmettent des maladies. \u00bb</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1000579\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement va-t-il s'assurer que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pr\u00e9sente imm\u00e9diatement des excuses sans \u00e9quivoque \u00e0 tous les membres de la communaut\u00e9 gay et \u00e0 tous les Canadiens pour ces remarques mal avis\u00e9es, blessantes et inadmissibles? Prendra-t-il toutes les mesures voulues?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/4/3/bill-siksay-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bill-siksay/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1264/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2396311",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Human Rights",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/4/3/",
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}
}