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{
"time": "2010-04-12 15:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Bill Siksay (Burnaby\u2014Douglas, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1867829\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table a petition today signed by many people from Ontario, Nova Scotia, British Colombia and Saskatchewan who are calling on Parliament to reject the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1867830\" data-originallang=\"en\">These petitioners are particularly concerned about the level of violence in Colombian society, particularly that directed toward members of civil society and workers in Colombia by the paramilitaries who are closely associated with the current Uribe regime, and which has seen over 2,200 trade unionists murdered since 1991.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1867831\" data-originallang=\"en\">These petitioners are calling on Parliament to reject the Canada-Colombia deal until a full human rights impact assessment has been carried out and these concerns have been addressed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1867832\" data-originallang=\"en\">They are also calling for a deal based on the principles of fair trade and not necessarily free trade, which would take environmental and social impacts fully into account while respecting labour rights and the rights of all affected people.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1867829\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sente aujourd'hui une p\u00e9tition sign\u00e9e par de nombreux citoyens de l'Ontario, de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse, de la Colombie-Britannique et de la Saskatchewan qui pressent le Parlement de rejeter l'Accord de libre-\u00e9change Canada-Colombie. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1867830\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires sont particuli\u00e8rement pr\u00e9occup\u00e9s par le niveau de violence dans la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 colombienne, en particulier la violence dirig\u00e9e contre les membres de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 civile et les travailleurs par les groupes paramilitaires proches du gouvernement Uribe actuel. Plus de 2 200 syndicalistes ont notamment \u00e9t\u00e9 assassin\u00e9s en Colombie depuis 1991.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1867831\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au Parlement de rejeter l'accord commercial entre le Canada et la Colombie tant qu'une \u00e9valuation exhaustive de ses r\u00e9percussions sur les droits de la personne n'aura pas \u00e9t\u00e9 effectu\u00e9e et qu'on n'aura pas r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 leurs inqui\u00e9tudes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1867832\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ils pr\u00e9conisent \u00e9galement une entente fond\u00e9e sur les principes du commerce \u00e9quitable et pas n\u00e9cessairement du libre-\u00e9change, qui tienne pleinement compte des impacts environnementaux et sociaux dans le respect des droits du travail et des droits de toutes les personnes touch\u00e9es.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/4/12/bill-siksay-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bill-siksay/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1264/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3082939",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": ""
},
"h3": {
"en": "Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/4/12/",
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}