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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": "2011-10-19 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Lise St-Denis (Saint-Maurice\u2014Champlain, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2510836\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, despite the women's liberation movement of the 1960s, the primary responsibility for raising children still lies with women in Canadian families. That is why I wish to point out to all members, in all parties of this House, just how difficult it can be for women to find a positive work-life balance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2510837\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Our parliamentary procedures are outdated and should reflect the social realities of the 21st century. It is our duty to reform our procedures and institutions in order to allow the women of this House to find a positive work-life balance. Similarly, fathers who sit in this House and members who come from remote areas are certainly aware of the realities of parliamentary life that force many women to chose between their political careers and a balanced family life. The women of this House are vital to the functioning of our democratic institutions.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2510836\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, malgr\u00e9 la r\u00e9volution f\u00e9ministe des ann\u00e9es 1960, les femmes demeurent encore largement responsables de l'\u00e9ducation des enfants au sein des familles canadiennes. C'est pourquoi je m'adresse aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s, tous partis confondus, afin de les sensibiliser aux difficult\u00e9s qu'\u00e9prouvent les femmes \u00e0 concilier \u00e0 la fois travail et vie familiale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2510837\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Notre proc\u00e9dure parlementaire est obsol\u00e8te et se doit de composer avec les r\u00e9alit\u00e9s sociales du XXI<sup>e</sup> si\u00e8cle. Il est de notre devoir de proc\u00e9der \u00e0 une r\u00e9forme de notre proc\u00e9dure et de nos institutions afin de permettre aux femmes de la Chambre de concilier leur vie professionnelle et leur vie familiale. De m\u00eame, les p\u00e8res qui si\u00e8gent ici ou les d\u00e9put\u00e9s qui proviennent des r\u00e9gions \u00e9loign\u00e9es sont certainement sensibles \u00e0 cette r\u00e9alit\u00e9 parlementaire qui oblige nombre de femmes \u00e0 choisir entre la carri\u00e8re politique et la vie familiale \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e. La pr\u00e9sence des femmes \u00e0 la Chambre est n\u00e9cessaire pour le fonctionnement de nos institutions d\u00e9mocratiques.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/10/19/lise-st-denis-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/lise-st-denis/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4095/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "4381758",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Status of Women",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/10/19/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2011%2F10%2F19%2F"
}
}