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{
    "time": "2017-11-03 11:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Sheri Benson (Saskatoon West, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Sheri Benson (Saskatoon-Ouest, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5103738\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, in the wake of the Chalk River nuclear disaster, 300 brave volunteers committed themselves to cleaning up radioactive material in their community. After several days of tireless effort and maximum exposure to radiation, the military showed up to help finish the job.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5103739\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Those military heroes have since received compensation for radiation exposure, yet nothing has been done for those local heroes who stepped up when their community needed them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5103740\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Will the government compensate the volunteers who went above and beyond to help after the Chalk River disaster?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5103738\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 la suite de la catastrophe nucl\u00e9aire de Chalk River, 300 b\u00e9n\u00e9voles courageux se sont employ\u00e9s \u00e0 d\u00e9barrasser leur collectivit\u00e9 des mati\u00e8res radioactives qui s'y trouvaient. Ils ont travaill\u00e9 sans rel\u00e2che pendant plusieurs jours, pleinement expos\u00e9s aux radiations, avant que l'arm\u00e9e ne vienne terminer la d\u00e9contamination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5103739\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Depuis, les militaires h\u00e9ro\u00efques qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 expos\u00e9s aux radiations ont re\u00e7u une indemnisation, mais on n'a rien fait pour les h\u00e9ros locaux qui ont r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 l'appel quand leur collectivit\u00e9 avait besoin d'eux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5103740\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le gouvernement indemnisera-t-il les volontaires qui se sont surpass\u00e9s pour venir en aide \u00e0 leur collectivit\u00e9 apr\u00e8s la catastrophe de Chalk River?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/11/3/sheri-benson-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/sheri-benson/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4247/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9761372",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Natural Resources",
        "fr": "Les ressources naturelles"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/11/3/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F11%2F3%2F"
    }
}