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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": "2009-06-09 12:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pierre Paquette (Joliette, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1537894\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition signed by over 400 citizens primarily from the Lanaudi\u00e8re region who have cancer or have had cancer in the past. These 400 or so people are calling on the government to increase the period for which employment insurance is available for people afflicted with serious illnesses like cancer from 15 weeks to 50 weeks. This is something that many groups have been requesting for some time. On their behalf, it is my pleasure to present this petition calling for 50 weeks of employment insurance benefits in cases of serious illnesses.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1537894\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, j'ai le plaisir de d\u00e9poser une p\u00e9tition qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 sign\u00e9e par plus de 400 citoyens et citoyennes, de la r\u00e9gion de Lanaudi\u00e8re pour la plupart, qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 atteints d'un cancer ou qui ont eu un cancer. Ces quelque 400 citoyens demandent \u00e0 ce que l'assurance-emploi soit accessible pour plus de 15 semaines pour les gens atteints de maladies graves comme le cancer et que ce soit plut\u00f4t pour 50 semaines. Il s'agit d'une demande qui est faite depuis tr\u00e8s longtemps par plusieurs groupes. En leur nom, j'ai donc le plaisir de d\u00e9poser cette p\u00e9tition pour r\u00e9clamer 50 semaines de prestation d'assurance-emploi en cas de maladies graves.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/6/9/pierre-paquette-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-paquette/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1781/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2819130",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Employment Insurance",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/6/9/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F6%2F9%2F"
}
}