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{
    "time": "2013-11-26 18:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Maria Mourani (Ahuntsic, Ind.)",
        "fr": "Mme Maria Mourani (Ahuntsic, Ind.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p class=\"procedural\" data-HoCid=\"3483977\"> moved that Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6254142\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-452/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking in persons)\">C-452, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking in persons)</a>, be read the third time and passed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483978\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, as you know, this is not the first time we are debating this bill. It received the unanimous support of the House during the previous debates, and all along I have tried to ensure that it remain non-partisan and that it bring people together. The humour in this is not lost on me and I take a philosophical approach as this bill reaches the final stage while I sit as an independent member.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483979\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I want to thank everyone who shared their skills and put their hearts into creating this bill, including police officers, the women's groups that work with victims of trafficking, and the criminal law experts and parliamentary law clerks. I thank everyone. I would also like to thank all of my colleagues in the House for the support they have given this bill, speech after speech, stage after stage. I thank them for agreeing to send this bill as quickly as possible to the Senate.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483980\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We will not be able to fix the problem of human trafficking unless we address the root issue, which is prostitution. We all know that more than 80% to 90% of human trafficking victims in Canada are trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation. The September 2013 report from the Service du renseignement criminel du Quebec revealed that the sex industry in Quebec is doing better than ever. This report highlighted a huge increase in the number of massage parlours: there are more than 200 of them in Montreal. The report states that 39% of the victims caught are minors and that 91% of the victims are women. The numbers are similar in other Canadian provinces. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483981\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The average age\u2014</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3483977\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> propose que le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6254142\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-452/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (exploitation and trafficking in persons)\">C-452, Loi modifiant le Code criminel (exploitation et traite de personnes)</a>, soit lu pour la troisi\u00e8me fois et adopt\u00e9. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483978\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> \u2014 Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme vous le savez, ce n'est pas la premi\u00e8re fois que l'on parle de ce projet de loi. J'ai pu constater qu'il a re\u00e7u l'appui unanime de la Chambre lors de nos discussions pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes et j'ai tenu, tout au long du cheminement de ce projet de loi, \u00e0 ce qu'il soit non partisan et rassembleur. C'est donc avec beaucoup d'humour et de philosophie que je vois ce dernier tour de piste en tant que d\u00e9put\u00e9e ind\u00e9pendante. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483979\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je tiens donc \u00e0 remercier toutes les personnes qui ont mis leurs comp\u00e9tences et leur coeur dans ce projet de loi, que ce soit les policiers, les groupes de femmes qui travaillent aupr\u00e8s des victimes de traite ou les juristes sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s en droit criminel et les l\u00e9gistes du Parlement. Je remercie tout le monde. Je tiens aussi \u00e0 remercier tous mes coll\u00e8gues de la Chambre de l'appui qu'ils ont donn\u00e9 \u00e0 ce projet de loi, discours apr\u00e8s discours, \u00e9tape apr\u00e8s \u00e9tape. Je les remercie aussi d'avoir accept\u00e9 que ce projet de loi aille le plus rapidement possible au S\u00e9nat. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483980\" data-originallang=\"fr\">On ne pourra pas r\u00e9gler le probl\u00e8me de la traite des personnes tant et aussi longtemps qu'on ne s'attaquera pas au fond du probl\u00e8me, qui est celui de la prostitution. On sait tous tr\u00e8s bien que plus de 80 % \u00e0 90 % des victimes de traite au Canada le sont \u00e0 des fins d'exploitation sexuelle. Le dernier rapport du Service de renseignement criminel du Qu\u00e9bec, de septembre 2013, r\u00e9v\u00e8le que l'industrie du sexe ne s'est jamais aussi bien port\u00e9e au Qu\u00e9bec. Ce rapport fait \u00e9tat d'une explosion des pseudo-salons de massage: il y en a plus de 200 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al. On y dit que 39 % des victimes appr\u00e9hend\u00e9es sont des mineurs et que 91 % des victimes appr\u00e9hend\u00e9es sont des femmes. Cela est similaire dans les autres provinces canadiennes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3483981\" data-originallang=\"fr\">L'\u00e2ge moyen d'entr\u00e9e...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/11/26/maria-mourani-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/maria-mourani/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4159/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8159887",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Private Members' Business",
        "fr": "Initiatives parlementaires"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Criminal Code",
        "fr": "Le Code criminel"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/11/26/",
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        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F11%2F26%2F"
    }
}