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{
"time": "2009-01-29 10:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Judy Sgro (York West, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1261519\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition signed by many people in my riding and across the GTA who are calling on the Government of Canada to pressure the government of Sri Lanka not to deny its Tamil population food, shelter, medicine and other fundamental necessities; to allow the UN and other international relief agencies access to the areas affected by the conflict and to stop shelling and bombing civilian habitats, hospitals, schools and places of worship; and to take active and concrete measures by providing leadership to convince the international community and agencies to allow an international UN observer panel to monitor the human rights violations and bring the perpetrators to justice as recommended by the UN High Commission for Human Rights and the Governor General of Canada. Regarding the terrible humanitarian crisis that is happening in Sri Lanka today, the petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to take action.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1261519\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai l'honneur de pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition sign\u00e9e par de nombreuses personnes de ma circonscription et de la r\u00e9gion du Grand Toronto demandant au gouvernement du Canada de faire pression sur le gouvernement du Sri Lanka afin que celui-ci fournisse \u00e0 sa population tamoule de la nourriture, des abris, des m\u00e9dicaments et autres produits de premi\u00e8re n\u00e9cessit\u00e9, qu'il permette aux Nations Unies et autres organismes internationaux de secours de se rendre dans les zones touch\u00e9es par le conflit et qu'il arr\u00eate le pilonnage et les bombardements des quartiers civils, des h\u00f4pitaux, des \u00e9coles et des lieux de culte; et de faire preuve de leadership en prenant des mesures efficaces et concr\u00e8tes afin de convaincre la communaut\u00e9 internationale et les organismes internationaux d'envoyer un groupe international d'observateurs des Nations Unies pour constater les violations des droits de la personne et traduire en justice les responsables, ainsi que le recommandent le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies aux droits de l'homme et la Gouverneure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale. Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au gouvernement du Canada de faire quelque chose en ce qui concerne la terrible crise humanitaire que le Sri Lanka conna\u00eet aujourd'hui.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/1/29/judy-sgro-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/judy-sgro/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3671/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2573779",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Sri Lanka",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/1/29/",
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}