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{
"time": "2020-11-26 20:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Eric Duncan",
"fr": "M. Eric Duncan"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6381431\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Chair, let me get this straight, no pun intended. The minister does not even know what the simple answer is to end this discrimination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6381432\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is simple. We can change our blood donation policy in this country by not basing eligibility on sexual orientation, but rather on sexual behaviour. She knows the solution. She would not even say it. I hope she knows the solution. If she can make the promise, she should know what the answer is.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6381433\" data-originallang=\"en\">She knows it is safe. She knows it is the right thing to do. When can gay men finally get the stigma and discrimination ended? It has been five years. It has not been the Conservatives. It is not years ago. She is the <a data-HoCid=\"253395\" href=\"/politicians/patty-hajdu/\" title=\"Patty Hajdu\">health minister</a> now. She promised it five years ago. When can I donate blood?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6381431\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la pr\u00e9sidente, mettons les choses au clair. La ministre ne conna\u00eet m\u00eame pas la solution simple pour mettre fin \u00e0 ce type de discrimination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6381432\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est tout simple. Il suffit de changer la politique sur les dons de sang au Canada pour que l'admissibilit\u00e9 ne se fonde plus sur l'orientation sexuelle, mais plut\u00f4t sur le comportement sexuel. La ministre conna\u00eet la solution. Elle refuse de la dire. Enfin, j'esp\u00e8re qu'elle conna\u00eet la solution. Si elle peut faire une telle promesse, elle devrait savoir quelle est la mesure \u00e0 prendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6381433\" data-originallang=\"en\">Elle sait que c'est sans danger et que c'est la chose \u00e0 faire. Quand cette forme de stigmatisation et de discrimination envers les homosexuels cessera-t-elle enfin? Cinq ans se sont \u00e9coul\u00e9s. Il ne s'agit pas des conservateurs ou du pass\u00e9. C'est elle la <a data-HoCid=\"253395\" href=\"/politicians/patty-hajdu/\" title=\"Patty Hajdu\">ministre de la Sant\u00e9</a> en ce moment. Elle l'a promis il y a cinq ans. Quand pourrais-je donner du sang?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2020/11/26/eric-duncan-9/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/eric-duncan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4550/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11043774",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Health\u2014Main Estimates, 2020-21",
"fr": "Sant\u00e9 \u2014 Le budget principal des d\u00e9penses 2020-2021"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2020/11/26/",
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}
}