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{
"time": "2014-11-20 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt\u2014Juan de Fuca, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Randall Garrison (Esquimalt\u2014Juan de Fuca, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3899348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize November 20 as the Trans Day of Remembrance. People in communities across Canada and around the world are marking today by remembering victims of transphobic violence and rededicating themselves to working to end discrimination against transgender, transsexual, and gender-variant people. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899349\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last year, there were 83 murders of trans people, and countless more were victims of violence and discrimination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899350\" data-originallang=\"en\">On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we should also look forward and ask how we can make things better. The past year has seen some progress on trans rights in places as diverse as Dallas, Texas, and Mexico City. Five Canadian provinces have recently added to their human rights codes explicit protection against discrimination, but it is clear that much more remains to be done to build a more inclusive Canada where transgender and gender-variant Canadians can participate fully and live without fear.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899351\" data-originallang=\"en\">At the federal level, the Senate remains the last obstacle to full legal equality for the trans community. It has now held up passage of Bill <a data-HoCid=\"6251806\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-279/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)\">C-279</a> for nearly two years after its approval by the House of Commons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899352\" data-originallang=\"en\">Once again on this Trans Day of Remembrance, we urge the Senate to pass this legislation without further delay.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3899348\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je tiens \u00e0 souligner que le 20 novembre est la Journ\u00e9e du souvenir trans. Des gens des quatre coins du Canada et du monde en profitent pour se souvenir des victimes de violence ciblant les transgenres et pour renouveler leur engagement \u00e0 lutter pour mettre un terme \u00e0 la discrimination contre les transgenres, les transsexuels et les personnes \u00e0 genre variable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899349\" data-originallang=\"en\">L'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, 83 transgenres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9s, et un nombre incalculable d'autres transgenres ont \u00e9t\u00e9 victimes de violence et de discrimination. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899350\" data-originallang=\"en\">En cette Journ\u00e9e du souvenir trans, il faut porter notre regard vers l'avenir et nous demander ce que nous pouvons faire pour am\u00e9liorer les choses. Au cours de l'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, les droits des transgenres ont connu des avanc\u00e9es dans des endroits aussi diff\u00e9rents que Dallas, au Texas, et Mexico. Au Canada, cinq provinces ont r\u00e9cemment ajout\u00e9 dans leur loi sur les droits de la personne une protection expresse contre la discrimination. Il est toutefois clair qu'il faut en faire beaucoup plus pour que le Canada devienne un pays plus inclusif, o\u00f9 les transgenres et les personnes \u00e0 genre variable peuvent participer pleinement \u00e0 la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et vivre sans crainte.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899351\" data-originallang=\"en\">Sur la sc\u00e8ne f\u00e9d\u00e9rale, il ne reste qu'un seul obstacle \u00e0 surmonter pour que la communaut\u00e9 trans puisse obtenir une v\u00e9ritable \u00e9galit\u00e9 sur le plan l\u00e9gal: le S\u00e9nat. Voil\u00e0 maintenant deux ans que le S\u00e9nat retarde l'adoption du projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"6251806\" href=\"/bills/41-2/C-279/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)\">C-279</a>, qui a par ailleurs \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9 par la Chambre des communes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3899352\" data-originallang=\"en\">Encore une fois, en cette Journ\u00e9e du souvenir trans, nous exhortons le S\u00e9nat \u00e0 adopter, sans d\u00e9lai, cette mesure l\u00e9gislative.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/11/20/randall-garrison-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/randall-garrison/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4103/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8514243",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Trans Day of Remembrance",
"fr": "La Journ\u00e9e du souvenir trans"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/11/20/",
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}