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{
    "time": "2019-06-12 15:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston and the Islands, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Mark Gerretsen (Kingston et les \u00celes, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5986258\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am presenting a petition today on behalf of residents of my community. The petitioners point out that the heating of our atmosphere and oceans endangers plants and animal species, including humans. They also point out that economic development and population growth endanger natural habitat and that trees, vegetation and soils in wilderness areas sequester atmospheric carbon.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5986259\" data-originallang=\"en\">The petitioners call on the government to add an additional $100 million annually to expand and enhance wilderness conservation areas, including marine reserves.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5986258\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sente une p\u00e9tition au nom des r\u00e9sidants de ma collectivit\u00e9. Les p\u00e9titionnaires soulignent que le r\u00e9chauffement de l'atmosph\u00e8re et des oc\u00e9ans met en danger les esp\u00e8ces v\u00e9g\u00e9tales et animales, y compris les \u00eatres humains. Il souligne \u00e9galement que le d\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique et la croissance d\u00e9mographique mettent en danger les habitats naturels et que, dans les espaces sauvages, les arbres, la v\u00e9g\u00e9tation et les sols s\u00e9questrent le carbone de l'atmosph\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5986259\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les soumissionnaires demandent au gouvernement d'augmenter de 100 millions de dollars par an le budget destin\u00e9 \u00e0 agrandir et \u00e0 entretenir les zones naturelles prot\u00e9g\u00e9es, y compris les r\u00e9serves marines.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2019/6/12/mark-gerretsen-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/mark-gerretsen/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4311/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10701167",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Routine Proceedings",
        "fr": "Affaires Courantes"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Petitions",
        "fr": "P\u00e9titions"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Wilderness Conservation",
        "fr": "La protection de la nature"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2019/6/12/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2019%2F6%2F12%2F"
    }
}