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{
"time": "2019-05-09 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park\u2014Fort Saskatchewan, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5899737\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, whose life matters?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899738\" data-originallang=\"en\">At different times in history, the idea of universal human dignity and value has been challenged from different sources and for different reasons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899739\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Some societies have sought to deny recognition to some human beings because that denial was economically convenient. If your society relies on slave labour, then recognizing the humanity of enslaved persons is inconvenient, even though it is morally right.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899740\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Other societies have used dehumanization to justify the expropriation of property from minorities or other forms of exploitation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899741\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Sometimes it is inconvenient to recognize the vulnerable as human because it is costly to help and support them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899742\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Our assessment of who is human should not depend on convenience; it should reflect objective reality. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899743\" data-originallang=\"en\">Important events are taking place on Parliament Hill today, where people gather to speak out about the mass killing of innocents by the Iranian regime, as part of Iran Accountability Week. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899744\" data-originallang=\"en\">It may not always be convenient for us to take a stand against that regime, but it is something we must do. We must stand against the dehumanization efforts of that regime, and ensure that universal immutable human dignity is recognized in every situation.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5899737\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 quelles vies doit-on accorder de la valeur?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899738\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 diff\u00e9rentes \u00e9poques, le principe universel de la dignit\u00e9 et de la valeur de la vie humaine a \u00e9t\u00e9 remis en question par diff\u00e9rents intervenants pour diverses raisons.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899739\" data-originallang=\"en\">Certaines soci\u00e9t\u00e9s ont refus\u00e9 de reconna\u00eetre l'humanit\u00e9 de certaines personnes par int\u00e9r\u00eat \u00e9conomique. Si une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 exploite le travail d'une population r\u00e9duite \u00e0 l'esclavage, alors elle n'a pas avantage \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre l'humanit\u00e9 de ces esclaves, m\u00eame si la morale l'exige.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899740\" data-originallang=\"en\">D'autres soci\u00e9t\u00e9s se sont servies de la d\u00e9shumanisation pour justifier l'expropriation des minorit\u00e9s ou d'autres formes d'exploitation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899741\" data-originallang=\"en\">Parfois, il n'est pas avantageux de reconna\u00eetre l'humanit\u00e9 des personnes vuln\u00e9rables parce que leur venir en aide co\u00fbte cher.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899742\" data-originallang=\"en\">La valeur d'une vie humaine ne doit pas s'appuyer sur des consid\u00e9rations opportunistes, mais sur une r\u00e9alit\u00e9 objective.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899743\" data-originallang=\"en\">Des \u00e9v\u00e9nements importants se d\u00e9roulent sur la Colline du Parlement aujourd'hui. En effet, en cette Semaine de la responsabilisation de l'Iran, des gens se sont r\u00e9unis pour d\u00e9noncer le massacre de personnes innocentes par le r\u00e9gime iranien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5899744\" data-originallang=\"en\">M\u00eame si ce n'est pas forc\u00e9ment avantageux pour nous de le faire, nous devons nous opposer \u00e0 ce r\u00e9gime. Nous devons lutter contre les tactiques de d\u00e9shumanisation de ce r\u00e9gime et veiller \u00e0 ce que le droit universel et immuable \u00e0 la dignit\u00e9 humaine soit reconnu dans toutes les situations.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/5/9/garnett-genuis-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/garnett-genuis/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4383/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10619044",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Iran Accountability Week",
"fr": "La Semaine de la responsabilisation de l'Iran"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/5/9/",
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}
}