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{
"time": "2011-06-23 10:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Libby Davies (Vancouver East, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Libby Davies (Vancouver-Est, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2447392\"> moved for leave to introduce Bill <a data-HoCid=\"5102309\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-263/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (social condition)\">C-263, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (social condition)</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"170538\" href=\"/politicians/joe-comartin/\" title=\"Joe Comartin\">Windsor\u2014Tecumseh</a>, for seconding this bill. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447394\" data-originallang=\"en\">This bill is important because it would prohibit discrimination on the grounds of social condition. It would prohibit discrimination against people who are experiencing social or economic disadvantage on the basis of their source of income, occupation, level of education, poverty, lack of adequate housing, homelessness, or any other similar circumstance.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447395\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are people in our society who have been economically and socially discriminated against based on those various grounds. They face terrible discrimination, whether it is with respect to housing or employment, or accessing public services or community services. It is important that the Criminal Code be clear, that it would be against the law to discriminate against someone on the basis of poverty.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447396\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am pleased to introduce this bill today. I hope that all members of the House will support the bill, because we recognize discrimination as a serious issue in our society that needs to be addressed.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"22\"> (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed) </p>",
"fr": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"2447392\"> demande \u00e0 pr\u00e9senter le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"5102309\" href=\"/bills/41-1/C-263/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (social condition)\">C-263, Loi modifiant la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne (condition sociale)</a>.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447393\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais remercier mon coll\u00e8gue, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"170538\" href=\"/politicians/joe-comartin/\" title=\"Joe Comartin\">Windsor\u2014Tecumseh</a>, d'appuyer mon projet de loi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447394\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce projet de loi est important parce qu'il interdit la discrimination pour des motifs de condition sociale. Les citoyens d\u00e9munis du point de vue social ou \u00e9conomique seront ainsi prot\u00e9g\u00e9s de la discrimination fond\u00e9e sur leur source de revenus, leur emploi, leur niveau de scolarit\u00e9, leur pauvret\u00e9, leur impossibilit\u00e9 d'avoir un logement ad\u00e9quat, leur itin\u00e9rance ou autres facteurs semblables.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447395\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a des gens dans notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9 qui sont victimes de discrimination \u00e9conomique et sociale pour ces diff\u00e9rents motifs. Ils subissent une discrimination terrible que ce soit en mati\u00e8re de logement, d'emploi ou d'acc\u00e8s aux services publics ou communautaires. Il importe donc qu'il soit indiqu\u00e9 bien clairement dans le Code criminel qu'il est interdit de faire de la discrimination \u00e0 l'endroit d'une personne en raison de sa pauvret\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2447396\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est avec plaisir que je pr\u00e9sente aujourd'hui ce projet de loi. J'ose esp\u00e9rer que tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de la Chambre voudront bien l'appuyer, car nous sommes tous conscients que la discrimination est un probl\u00e8me grave qu'il nous faut \u00e9radiquer de notre soci\u00e9t\u00e9.</p>\n<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"22\">(Les motions sont r\u00e9put\u00e9es adopt\u00e9es, le projet de loi est lu pour la premi\u00e8re fois et imprim\u00e9.)</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/6/23/libby-davies-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/libby-davies/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2499/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3927458",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canadian Human Rights Act",
"fr": "La Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/6/23/",
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}
}