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{
    "time": "2010-12-09 17:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Don Davies",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2240224\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, what we can say fairly, and to give credit to early iterations of the Conservative Party, is that the development of respect for fundamental rights, legal rights, democratic rights, social rights and cultural rights, has been part of the development of Canada in the 20th century. That is why it is so pivotal and profoundly important that we respect those rights, that we cherish them and that we be ever vigilant to ensure they are respected.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2240225\" data-originallang=\"en\">That is why when we saw 1,000 Canadians in Toronto, the largest mass arrest in Canadian history, having their rights violated, we should be concerned.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2240224\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ce que nous pouvons dire en toute justice et pour reconna\u00eetre le cr\u00e9dit des moutures pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes du Parti conservateur, c'est que l'affirmation des droits fondamentaux, des droits juridiques, des droits d\u00e9mocratiques, des droits sociaux et des droits culturels a suivi l'\u00e9volution du Canada au cours du XX<sup>e</sup> si\u00e8cle. C'est pourquoi il est si crucial que nous respections ces droits, que nous les ch\u00e9rissions et que nous redoublions de vigilance pour en assurer le respect.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2240225\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est pourquoi, lorsque nous voyons que les droits de 1 000 Canadiens arr\u00eat\u00e9s \u00e0 Toronto, lors de la plus grande arrestation de masse de l'histoire du Canada, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 viol\u00e9s, nous devrions nous inqui\u00e9ter.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/12/9/don-davies-7/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/don-davies/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1007/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3660106",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Charter of Rights and Freedoms",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/12/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F12%2F9%2F"
    }
}