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{
"time": "2016-02-24 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pat Finnigan (Miramichi\u2014Grand Lake, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Pat Finnigan (Miramichi\u2014Grand Lake, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4215425\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, today, Canadians across the country are wearing pink in support of National Pink Shirt Day, an anti-bullying initiative.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4215426\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We know that words are powerful. However, they can be devastating when they are used to torment, belittle, or demean someone, and the consequences can leave scars that last a lifetime. Research has clearly shown that bullying can lead to anxiety, depression, physical illness, and even suicide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4215427\" data-originallang=\"en\">This is simply unacceptable. Bullying should not be part of growing up for anyone, and school should be a place to learn, not a place to fear. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4215428\" data-originallang=\"en\">The time to say no to bullying and cyberbullying is now. Let us use our voices for those who may be too afraid to use theirs. We are stronger because of our differences, not in spite of them. Everyone deserves the chance to show the world who they really are.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4215425\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, partout au pays aujourd'hui, les Canadiens porteront du rose \u00e0 l'occasion de la Journ\u00e9e nationale du chandail rose pour appuyer la campagne contre l'intimidation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4215426\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous savons que les mots ont du poids. Toutefois, lorsqu'ils visent \u00e0 agacer, \u00e0 d\u00e9valoriser ou \u00e0 rabaisser, ils peuvent \u00eatre destructeurs, et cet effet peut durer toute une vie. Les recherches ont clairement d\u00e9montr\u00e9 que l'intimidation peut mener \u00e0 l'anxi\u00e9t\u00e9, \u00e0 la d\u00e9pression, \u00e0 des troubles physiques et m\u00eame au suicide.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4215427\" data-originallang=\"en\">Voil\u00e0 qui est tout simplement inacceptable. Personne ne devrait subir de l'intimidation durant son enfance. Les \u00e9coles devraient \u00eatre un lieu d'apprentissage et non un endroit \u00e0 craindre. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4215428\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est temps de mettre fin \u00e0 l'intimidation et \u00e0 la cyberintimidation. Parlons pour ceux que la peur r\u00e9duit au silence. Nous sommes plus forts en raison de nos diff\u00e9rences, et non malgr\u00e9 elles. Chacun d'entre nous m\u00e9rite de r\u00e9v\u00e9ler au monde sa v\u00e9ritable nature. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/2/24/pat-finnigan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pat-finnigan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4325/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8809812",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "National Pink Shirt Day",
"fr": "La Journ\u00e9e nationale du chandail rose"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/2/24/",
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}
}