Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2010-11-18 14:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Ed Holder (London West, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2176306\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, along with thousands of other men, I have looked in the mirror each morning like a teenage boy, wondering if I can grow facial hair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176307\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite the laughter, my efforts to grow a moustache have drawn lots of attention to a very serious situation: prostate cancer. Through friends I have been touched by this deadly yet wholly preventable disease.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176308\" data-originallang=\"en\">The month-long Movember campaign has broached the subject with humour. Well it has to, because too many men still do not get it. That is why thousands of men across Canada, including some of my colleagues in this House, otherwise clean shaven and handsome, have grown, or tried to grow, a moustache.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176309\" data-originallang=\"en\">We are raising awareness about prostate cancer, the advantages of regular checkups, early detection and talking to one's doctor. I encourage all Canadians to donate to this worthy cause, but critically, I urge all men to take action now.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176310\" data-originallang=\"en\"> To members of this House and my friends and family who have had so much fun at my expense, I ask them to participate in this awareness campaign, too. They might be amazed at how much fun they can have being serious.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2176306\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme des milliers d'hommes, je me regarde chaque matin dans le miroir, \u00e0 la mani\u00e8re d'un adolescent, pour voir si ma moustache pousse.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176307\" data-originallang=\"en\">En d\u00e9pit des rires, le fait de me faire pousser la moustache a sensibilis\u00e9 bien des gens \u00e0 une question tr\u00e8s s\u00e9rieuse, \u00e0 savoir le cancer de la prostate. J'ai des amis qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 touch\u00e9s par cette maladie mortelle, qu'on peut tout \u00e0 faire pr\u00e9venir. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176308\" data-originallang=\"en\">La campagne Movember, qui dure tout le mois, aborde la question avec humour. Il le faut bien, car beaucoup d'hommes ne comprennent toujours pas. Cette campagne est la raison pour laquelle des milliers de Canadiens, dont certains d\u00e9put\u00e9s, des gens habituellement ras\u00e9s et \u00e9l\u00e9gants, se font pousser la moustache.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176309\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous cherchons \u00e0 sensibiliser la population au cancer de la prostate et \u00e0 faire comprendre qu'il est important de subir des examens r\u00e9guliers, de d\u00e9pister rapidement la maladie et de parler \u00e0 son m\u00e9decin. J'invite donc les Canadiens \u00e0 faire un don et, surtout, j'incite tous les hommes \u00e0 agir imm\u00e9diatement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2176310\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je demande aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s, \u00e0 mes amis et aux membres de ma famille qui ont tant ri de moi de participer \u00e9galement \u00e0 cette campagne de sensibilisation. Ils pourraient \u00eatre surpris de constater \u00e0 quel point il peut \u00eatre amusant de prendre les choses au s\u00e9rieux.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/11/18/ed-holder-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ed-holder/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1069/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3540996",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Prostate Cancer",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/11/18/",
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}