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{
"time": "2017-11-30 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Jenny Kwan (Vancouver-Est, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5160411\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, 80 years ago, 20,000 to 80,000 Chinese women and girls were raped and approximately 300,000 people were killed. Some 200,000 women, known as comfort women, became sexual slaves to the Imperial Japanese Army forces.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5160412\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Former MP Olivia Chow moved a motion to recognize this, and it was unanimously supported. Across the country, events will be held to mark December 13 as Nanjing massacre commemorative day.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5160413\" data-originallang=\"en\">Will the <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Prime Minister</a> honour the victims and ensure that Canadians learn from this history by proclaiming December 13 as Nanjing massacre commemorative day?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5160411\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il y a 80 ans, de 20 000 \u00e0 80 000 femmes et filles chinoises ont \u00e9t\u00e9 viol\u00e9es et environ 300 000 personnes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9es. Quelque 200 000 femmes, appel\u00e9es femmes de r\u00e9confort, sont devenues esclaves sexuelles des forces arm\u00e9es imp\u00e9riales japonaises.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5160412\" data-originallang=\"en\"> L'ancienne d\u00e9put\u00e9e Olivia Chow a propos\u00e9 une motion en vue de reconna\u00eetre cela, et celle-ci a \u00e9t\u00e9 appuy\u00e9e \u00e0 l'unanimit\u00e9. Partout au pays, des activit\u00e9s seront tenues le 13 d\u00e9cembre pour souligner le Jour comm\u00e9moratif du massacre de Nanjing.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5160413\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"214296\" href=\"/politicians/justin-trudeau/\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">premier ministre</a> rendra-t-il hommage aux victimes et veillera-t-il \u00e0 ce que les Canadiens tirent des le\u00e7ons de l'histoire en proclamant le 13 d\u00e9cembre Jour comm\u00e9moratif du massacre de Nanjing?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2017/11/30/jenny-kwan-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jenny-kwan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4248/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9824422",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Status of Women",
"fr": "La condition f\u00e9minine"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2017/11/30/",
"related": {
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}
}