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{
"time": "2016-05-04 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Anthony Housefather (Mount Royal, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Anthony Housefather (Mont-Royal, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4320630\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Yom HaShoah approaches. It is the day we remember the victims of the Holocaust; the men, women, and children who were executed in the fields of Ukraine; those who were murdered in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and Treblinka; those assigned to slave labour who starved to death in Dachau. More than 6 million Jews and millions of non-Jews perished.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4320631\" data-originallang=\"en\">My predecessor, Irwin Cotler, often quoted the phrase, \u201cHolocaust did not begin in the gas chamber, it began with words.\u201d This is true. Words led to incitement to hatred, which led to pogroms and murder.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4320632\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We must never remain silent in the face of incitement to hatred. The Holocaust took place over 70 years ago, and few survivors remain. It is our sacred duty to ensure that all Canadians know what happened.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4320633\" data-originallang=\"en\">We should never forget.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4320630\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, <em>Yom ha-Choah</em> approche. C'est le jour o\u00f9 nous comm\u00e9morons les victimes de l'Holocauste: les hommes, femmes et enfants qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s dans les plaines ukrainiennes, assassin\u00e9s dans les chambres \u00e0 gaz d'Auschwitz et de Treblinka, r\u00e9duits aux travaux forc\u00e9s et affam\u00e9s jusqu'\u00e0 la mort \u00e0 Dachau. Plus de six millions de Juifs et plusieurs millions de non-Juifs ont p\u00e9ri.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4320631\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mon pr\u00e9d\u00e9cesseur, Irwin Cotler, a souvent cit\u00e9 cette phrase: \u00ab L'Holocauste n'a pas commenc\u00e9 dans les chambres \u00e0 gaz, il a commenc\u00e9 par des mots. \u00bb C'est exact. Ce sont des mots qui ont incit\u00e9 \u00e0 la haine et qui ont men\u00e9 aux pogroms et aux assassinats.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4320632\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous ne devons jamais garder le silence lorsque nous sommes t\u00e9moins d'incitation \u00e0 la haine. L'Holocauste a eu lieu il y a plus de 70 ans, et il reste tr\u00e8s peu de survivants. Nous avons donc le devoir sacr\u00e9 de nous assurer que tous les Canadiens savent ce qui s'est pass\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4320633\" data-originallang=\"en\">N'oublions jamais.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/5/4/anthony-housefather-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/anthony-housefather/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4438/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8893891",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Holocaust Remembrance Day",
"fr": "Le Jour de l'Holocauste"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/5/4/",
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}