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{
    "time": "2015-05-12 10:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, GP)",
        "fr": "Mme Elizabeth May (Saanich\u2014Gulf Islands, PV)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096292\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the second petition is from residents of British Columbia outside of my riding, primarily from Grand Forks, and a few from Ottawa as well.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096293\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners call upon the government to re-examine the whole regime of security certificates, pointing out that holding people for very long times with essentially secret trials violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4096292\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la deuxi\u00e8me p\u00e9tition est sign\u00e9e par des Britanno-Colombiens de l'ext\u00e9rieur de ma circonscription, qui viennent surtout de Grand Forks, ainsi que par quelques personnes d'Ottawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4096293\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au gouvernement de r\u00e9\u00e9valuer le r\u00e9gime des certificats de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Ils font valoir que le fait de d\u00e9tenir des personnes pendant de tr\u00e8s longues p\u00e9riodes en vue de proc\u00e8s qui seront essentiellement secrets va \u00e0 l'encontre de la Charte des droits et libert\u00e9s.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/5/12/elizabeth-may-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/elizabeth-may/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4108/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8694940",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Security Certificates",
        "fr": "Les certificats de s\u00e9curit\u00e9"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2015/5/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F5%2F12%2F"
    }
}