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{
"time": "2015-05-08 12:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon\u2014Wanuskewin, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Maurice Vellacott (Saskatoon\u2014Wanuskewin, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4092192\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4092193\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The first petition is from quite a number of people from across my province.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4092194\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The petitioners draw attention to the fact that a CBC documentary revealed that ultrasounds were being used in Canada to tell the sex of an unborn child so expectant parents could choose to terminate that pregnancy if the unborn child was a girl. They remind us that 92% of Canadians believe sex-selective pregnancy termination should be illegal and that gendercide has created a global gender imbalance, resulting in violence and the human trafficking of girls. The three deadliest words in the world are \u201cIt's a girl\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4092195\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners therefore want members of Parliament to condemn discrimination against girls occurring through sex-selective pregnancy termination.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4092192\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je vais pr\u00e9senter deux p\u00e9titions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4092193\" data-originallang=\"en\">La premi\u00e8re a \u00e9t\u00e9 sign\u00e9e par bon nombre de gens de ma province.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4092194\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires attirent l'attention sur une pratique qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 expos\u00e9e au grand jour dans un documentaire de la CBC, selon lequel certains parents canadiens se servent de l'\u00e9chographie pour conna\u00eetre le sexe de l'enfant \u00e0 na\u00eetre et choisissent de mettre un terme \u00e0 la grossesse s'ils attendent une fille. Ils rappellent que 92 % des Canadiens croient que l'avortement sexo-s\u00e9lectif devrait \u00eatre ill\u00e9gal et que ce gynocide a cr\u00e9\u00e9 un d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre dans la population mondiale qui m\u00e8ne \u00e0 la violence et \u00e0 la traite des jeunes filles. \u00ab C'est une fille \u00bb sont les mots les plus meurtriers du monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4092195\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent donc aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s de condamner la discrimination envers les filles que repr\u00e9sentent les avortements sexo-s\u00e9lectifs.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/5/8/maurice-vellacott-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/maurice-vellacott/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1538/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8690511",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires Courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Sex Selection",
"fr": "La s\u00e9lection en fonction du sexe"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/5/8/",
"related": {
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}
}