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{
    "time": "2013-05-09 14:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. John McCallum (Markham\u2014Unionville, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L'hon. John McCallum (Markham\u2014Unionville, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3327991\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, as one whose mother was a nurse for many years, I am pleased to rise on the occasion of National Nurses Week.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3327992\" data-originallang=\"en\"> First celebrated in 1985, it highlights the contribution of nurses to the health and well-being of Canadians. The International Council of Nurses designated May 12, which was Florence Nightingale's birthday, International Nurses Day.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3327993\" data-originallang=\"en\">Registered nurses, nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists champion principles of health, equity and social justice in Canada. They provide vital care to individuals, communities and populations in multiple settings across Canada by advancing principles of primary health care. Nurses are innovators, caregivers and educators who demonstrate leadership for transformative change in the Canadian health care system. Nurses play important roles in all levels of health care, from bedside to community and public health advocacy.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3327994\" data-originallang=\"en\"> During Nurses Week, let us acknowledge and thank them for their dynamic contribution in improving the health of Canadians.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3327991\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ma m\u00e8re ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 infirmi\u00e8re pendant de nombreuses ann\u00e9es, je suis heureux de prendre la parole \u00e0 l'occasion de la Semaine nationale des infirmi\u00e8res et des infirmiers. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3327992\" data-originallang=\"en\">C\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9e la premi\u00e8re fois en 1985, cette semaine souligne la contribution des infirmi\u00e8res et des infirmiers \u00e0 la sant\u00e9 et au bien-\u00eatre des Canadiens. Le Conseil international des infirmi\u00e8res a d\u00e9sign\u00e9 le 12 mai, jour de l'anniversaire de Florence Nightingale, la Journ\u00e9e internationale de l'infirmi\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3327993\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les infirmi\u00e8res et les infirmiers autoris\u00e9s, praticiens et cliniciens sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s font valoir les principes de sant\u00e9, d'\u00e9quit\u00e9 et de justice sociale au Canada. Ils fournissent des soins essentiels aux individus, aux collectivit\u00e9s et \u00e0 la population dans d'innombrables endroits au pays, en faisant la promotion des principes des soins de sant\u00e9 primaires. Les infirmi\u00e8res et les infirmiers sont des innovateurs, des aidants et des \u00e9ducateurs qui font montre de leadership dans la transformation du syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 canadien. Les infirmi\u00e8res et les infirmiers jouent un r\u00f4le important \u00e0 tous les niveaux des soins de sant\u00e9, que ce soit au chevet des patients, dans la collectivit\u00e9 ou dans le domaine de la promotion de la sant\u00e9 publique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3327994\" data-originallang=\"en\">Durant la semaine des infirmi\u00e8res et des infirmiers, je vous invite \u00e0 les remercier pour leur apport dynamique \u00e0 l'am\u00e9lioration de la sant\u00e9 des Canadiens. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2013/5/9/john-mccallum-10/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/john-mccallum/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1387/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8015502",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Statements By Members",
        "fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Nurses Week",
        "fr": "La Semaine nationale des infirmi\u00e8res et des infirmiers"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2013/5/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2013%2F5%2F9%2F"
    }
}