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{
    "time": "2019-03-18 19:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Linda Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)",
        "fr": "Mme Linda Duncan (Edmonton Strathcona, NPD)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5830116\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition from Canadians who are concerned about the lack of action on eye health and vision care.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5830117\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners are calling on the government to commit to acknowledging eye health and vision care as a growing public health issue, particularly with Canada's vulnerable populations of children, seniors, diabetics and indigenous people, through a national framework for action to promote eye health and vision care.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5830116\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai le plaisir de pr\u00e9senter une p\u00e9tition provenant de Canadiens qui d\u00e9plorent l'inaction en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9 des yeux et de soins de la vue. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5830117\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les p\u00e9titionnaires demandent au gouvernement de reconna\u00eetre que la sant\u00e9 oculaire et les soins de la vue repr\u00e9sentent une question de sant\u00e9 publique d'importance croissante, surtout en ce qui concerne la partie de la population canadienne qui est vuln\u00e9rable \u2014 les enfants, les personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es, les diab\u00e9tiques et les Autochtones \u2014, et d'\u00e9laborer un cadre d'action national pour promouvoir la sant\u00e9 des yeux et les soins de la vue. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/3/18/linda-duncan-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/linda-duncan/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1029/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10528257",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Eye Health and Vision Care",
        "fr": "La sant\u00e9 oculaire et les soins de la vue"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/3/18/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F3%2F18%2F"
    }
}