Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2015-06-11 10:10:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Ron Cannan (Kelowna\u2014Lake Country, CPC)",
        "fr": "L'hon. Ron Cannan (Kelowna\u2014Lake Country, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4155575\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to table a petition on behalf of constituents indicating that Canada is the only nation in the western world, in company with China and North Korea, without any laws restricting abortion and that the Supreme Court has said that Parliament's responsibility is to enact abortion legislation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4155576\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners are calling upon Parliament assembled to speedily enact legislation that would restrict abortion to the greatest extent possible.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4155575\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition au nom d'\u00e9lecteurs de ma circonscription, qui affirment que le Canada est le seul pays du monde occidental, avec la Chine et la Cor\u00e9e du Nord, qui n'a aucune loi restreignant l'avortement, et que la Cour supr\u00eame a conclu qu'il incombait au Parlement d'adopter une loi relative \u00e0 l'avortement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4155576\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au Parlement d'adopter rapidement une loi visant \u00e0 restreindre le plus possible l'avortement.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/6/11/ron-cannan-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ron-cannan/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/362/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8746285",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Abortion",
        "fr": "L'avortement"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2015/6/11/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F6%2F11%2F"
    }
}