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{
    "time": "2010-09-20 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Vic Toews (Minister of Public Safety, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2074215\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in fact, we are listening to victims, and victims want dangerous repeat criminals in prison. They want safe streets. They do not want the dangerous criminals on the streets. They want laws that target the criminals.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2074216\" data-originallang=\"en\"> They do not believe that the long gun registry targets criminals. In fact, it targets law-abiding hunters, farmers and sportspeople right across this country. It is not a law we need in Canada.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2074215\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous sommes \u00e0 l'\u00e9coute des victimes; celles-ci veulent que les dangereux r\u00e9cidivistes soient mis en prison. Elles veulent des rues s\u00fbres. Elles ne veulent pas de dangereux criminels en libert\u00e9. Elles veulent des lois qui ciblent les criminels.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2074216\" data-originallang=\"en\">Elles ne pensent pas que le registre des armes d'\u00e9paule cible les criminels. Bien au contraire, il cible les chasseurs, les agriculteurs et les tireurs sportifs respectueux des lois au Canada. Nous n'avons nullement besoin de cette loi au Canada.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/9/20/vic-toews-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/vic-toews/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1306/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3267424",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Firearms Registry",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/9/20/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F9%2F20%2F"
    }
}