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{
"time": "2019-03-18 19:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Carol Hughes (Algoma\u2014Manitoulin\u2014Kapuskasing, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Carol Hughes (Algoma\u2014Manitoulin\u2014Kapuskasing, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5830145\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, just like my colleague from <a data-HoCid=\"213881\" href=\"/politicians/linda-duncan/\" title=\"Linda Duncan\">Edmonton Strathcona</a>, I am also tabling a petition on a national framework for action to promote eye health and vision care. The petitioners are from Whitby, Lindsay and Oshawa. They raise concern regarding the expected doubling over the next 20 years in vision loss of Canadians. They also talk about the emerging crisis in eye health and vision care, which affects all of Canada's population. However, it impacts children, seniors and indigenous people who are most vulnerable. They also ask for a well-coordinated response involving government health professionals, non-government organizations, industry and individuals working collaboratively to help on this front.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5830146\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is not the first time that I have tabled this type of petition, and I am glad to table another petition on a national framework for action to promote eye health and vision care.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5830145\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme ma coll\u00e8gue d'<a data-HoCid=\"213881\" href=\"/politicians/linda-duncan/\" title=\"Linda Duncan\">Edmonton Strathcona</a>, je pr\u00e9sente une p\u00e9tition concernant un cadre national d'action pour la promotion de la sant\u00e9 oculaire et des soins de la vue. Les p\u00e9titionnaires habitent Whitby, Lindsay et Oshawa. Ils font part de leurs pr\u00e9occupations quant au doublement attendu du nombre de Canadiens qui perdront la vue au cours des 20 prochaines ann\u00e9es. Ils soulignent \u00e9galement la crise \u00e9mergente du secteur de la sant\u00e9 oculaire et des soins de la vue, qui touche toute la population canadienne. Cependant, ce sont les enfants, les a\u00een\u00e9s et les Autochtones qui sont les plus vuln\u00e9rables. Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent \u00e9galement une r\u00e9ponse coordonn\u00e9e \u00e0 laquelle participeraient les professionnels de la sant\u00e9 du secteur public, les organismes non gouvernementaux, l'industrie et les intervenants du secteur pour contribuer collectivement \u00e0 r\u00e9gler cette question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5830146\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce n'est pas la premi\u00e8re fois que je pr\u00e9sente une p\u00e9tition du genre et je suis heureuse d'en pr\u00e9senter encore une concernant un cadre national d'action pour la promotion de la sant\u00e9 oculaire et des soins de la vue. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/3/18/carol-hughes-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/carol-hughes/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1071/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10528282",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires Courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Vision Care",
"fr": "Les soins de la vue"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/3/18/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F3%2F18%2F"
}
}