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{
"time": "2013-11-21 10:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Niki Ashton",
"fr": "Mme Niki Ashton"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3476146\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it really is mystifying. It is the year 2013, and science, medicine, and specialists have made it clear that, based on the evidence, InSite, harm reduction techniques, and safe injection sites make a difference. They make a difference because they save lives. They support communities. They support families that have family members and loved ones struggling with addiction. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3476147\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would challenge any member in this House who knows anyone who has struggled or is struggling with addiction to see how important it is for them to have services to access so that they can get help. What the government is doing, unfortunately, is standing in the way of people who need this help the most. It is standing in the way of services, knowledge, and a practice that we know is proven. Instead, the Conservatives are using the same old techniques of fearmongering. They are talking about heroin in the backyards of Canadians to change the facts, to change the conversation, rather than actually working with Canadian communities to make a difference, which is what we in the NDP would like the government to do.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3476146\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est vraiment d\u00e9routant. Nous sommes en 2013, et tant les scientifiques que les m\u00e9decins et les sp\u00e9cialistes ont clairement indiqu\u00e9 que les preuves dont nous disposons montrent que le centre Insite, les techniques de r\u00e9duction des m\u00e9faits ainsi que les centres d'injection supervis\u00e9e ont des effets positifs, car ils permettent de sauver des vies. Ils offrent aussi un appui aux collectivit\u00e9s, de m\u00eame qu'aux proches des personnes qui sont aux prises avec une d\u00e9pendance \u00e0 la drogue.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3476147\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'invite tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s qui connaissent une personne qui lutte contre une d\u00e9pendance ou a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 surmonter une d\u00e9pendance \u00e0 prendre conscience du fait qu'il est tr\u00e8s important d'offrir des services et de l'aide \u00e0 ces gens. Malheureusement, le gouvernement nuit \u00e0 ceux qui ont le plus besoin de cette aide. Il s'oppose aux services, aux renseignements et aux pratiques dont l'efficacit\u00e9 a \u00e9t\u00e9 prouv\u00e9e. Les conservateurs pr\u00e9f\u00e8rent de loin employer leurs vieilles tactiques, qui consistent \u00e0 susciter la peur. Ils disent qu'il y aura de l'h\u00e9ro\u00efne dans la cour arri\u00e8re des Canadiens, modifient les faits et changent de sujet, au lieu de travailler en collaboration avec les collectivit\u00e9s canadiennes pour apporter des changements positifs. C'est pourtant ce que les d\u00e9put\u00e9s du NPD aimeraient que le gouvernement fasse.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/11/21/niki-ashton-3/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/niki-ashton/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/942/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8145151",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Respect for Communities Act",
"fr": "Loi sur le respect des collectivit\u00e9s"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/11/21/",
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}
}