Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2012-03-02 11:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Sana Hassainia (Verch\u00e8res\u2014Les Patriotes, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Sana Hassainia (Verch\u00e8res\u2014Les Patriotes, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2718339\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, one of my constituents in Verch\u00e8res\u2014Les Patriotes, Jeannine Poloni, is facing deportation after having lived in Canada for 47 years. Now 67, Ms. Poloni has spent her entire adult life working in Canada. Her only sources of income are old age security and the Quebec pension plan. She has a mental disorder for which she has been receiving treatment for several years. Because of her mental disorder, kleptomania, Immigration Canada considers her a serious criminal and wants to deport her to France, her country of origin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2718340\" data-originallang=\"fr\">If the government deports this woman, it will present a shameful image of Canada as a country that picks and chooses its immigrants and decides who is more Canadian. Ms. Poloni is proud of her French roots, but her life is here, and she feels just as Canadian as anyone else. In France, she will have no source of income, and for all practical purposes will find herself in the street. Ms. Poloni has been struggling with mental health issues for years and has been suffering from deep depression since learning that she is to be deported. She needs help. She does not want to leave Canada, which is her country now.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2718341\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We hope that the minister will review her case and do everything in his power to ensure that Ms. Poloni receives the care and support she needs here in Quebec.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2718339\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, une de mes concitoyennes de Verch\u00e8res\u2014Les Patriotes, Mme Jeannine Poloni, se voit menac\u00e9e d'expulsion du pays apr\u00e8s 47 ann\u00e9es pass\u00e9es au Canada. \u00c2g\u00e9e de 67 ans, Mme Poloni a travaill\u00e9 durant toute sa vie active au Canada et a comme seule source de revenu la S\u00e9curit\u00e9 de la vieillesse et la R\u00e9gie des rentes du Qu\u00e9bec. Elle souffre d'une maladie mentale et elle est trait\u00e9e et suivie depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es. \u00c0 cause de cette maladie mentale qu'est la kleptomanie, le minist\u00e8re de l'Immigration a conclu qu'elle \u00e9tait une \u00ab grande criminelle \u00bb et qu'elle devait rentrer en France, son pays d'origine. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2718340\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En l'expulsant de cette fa\u00e7on, l'image que renvoie ce gouvernement est celle d'un Canada dont j'ai honte. Un Canada qui choisit ses immigrants et qui d\u00e9cide qui est plus canadien qu'un autre. Ses origines fran\u00e7aises, Mme Poloni en est fi\u00e8re, mais sa vraie vie est ici et elle se sent aussi canadienne que les autres. En France, elle n'aura plus de source de revenu et se verra \u00e0 toutes fins pratiques jet\u00e9e \u00e0 la rue. Souffrant de probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 mentale depuis des ann\u00e9es et de d\u00e9pression profonde depuis l'annonce de sa d\u00e9portation prochaine, Mme Poloni a besoin d'aide. Elle ne veut pas quitter son pays, le Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2718341\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous esp\u00e9rons que le ministre r\u00e9visera sa situation et fera tout en son pouvoir pour que Mme Poloni re\u00e7oive les soins et le soutien dont elle a besoin ici, au Qu\u00e9bec.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2012/3/2/sana-hassainia-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/sana-hassainia/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4036/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "6788199",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Jeannine Poloni",
        "fr": "Jeannine Poloni"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2012/3/2/",
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}