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{
"time": "2021-04-23 11:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Arif Virani (Parkdale\u2014High Park, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Arif Virani (Parkdale\u2014High Park, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6644509\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, throughout this pandemic, my constituents have consistently gone out of their way to help their friends, their neighbours and those who have been isolated by COVID.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644510\" data-originallang=\"en\"> We recently celebrated these COVID community champions at an event in my riding. The stories we heard were amazing: about church board members and nurses stepping up for parishioners; about gardeners tackling anti-Black racism and gardeners beautifying neighbourhoods; there were advocates for the elderly and advocates for tenants; journalists for newcomers; musical entertainers for seniors; people fighting the pandemic on the front lines; and those fighting for the rights of persons with disabilities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644511\" data-originallang=\"en\">Hearty congratulations to Mary Oko, Angel Beyde, Dmytro Ilchuk, Anne-Marie Mohler, Brian Traquair, Julia Stewart, Gezahegn Demissie, Stella Joseph, Deborah Gold, Cathy Brown, and the entire team of volunteers at Roncyworks and those fighting food insecurity at Feed It Forward. They are all COVID community champions. I can say with absolute sincerity that on awards night, they inspired me to work hard to be a better neighbour.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6644509\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, depuis le d\u00e9but de la pand\u00e9mie, mes concitoyens ont constamment fait tout en leur pouvoir pour aider leurs amis, leurs voisins et les personnes isol\u00e9es \u00e0 cause de la COVID.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644510\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons r\u00e9cemment c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9 ces champions de l'engagement communautaire dans la lutte contre la COVID lors d'une activit\u00e9 organis\u00e9e dans ma circonscription. Les histoires que nous avons entendues sont incroyables: des membres de conseils paroissiaux et des membres du personnel infirmier venant en aide aux paroissiens; des jardiniers luttant contre le racisme anti-Noirs et embellissant les quartiers; des gens se portant \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense des personnes \u00e2g\u00e9es et des locataires; des journalistes d\u00e9fendant la cause des nouveaux arrivants; des musiciens divertissant les a\u00een\u00e9s; des personnes menant le combat en premi\u00e8re ligne contre la pand\u00e9mie; des personnes luttant pour les droits des personnes handicap\u00e9es. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6644511\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je f\u00e9licite chaleureusement Mary Oko, Angel Beyde, Dmytro Ilchuk, Anne-Marie Mohler, Brian Traquair, Julia Stewart, Gezahegn Demissie, Stella Joseph, Deborah Gold, Cathy Brown et tous les b\u00e9n\u00e9voles de Roncyworks, ainsi que ceux combattant l'ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 alimentaire \u00e0 Feed It Forward. Ce sont tous des champions de l'engagement communautaire dans la lutte contre la COVID. Je peux dire en toute sinc\u00e9rit\u00e9 que, lors de la soir\u00e9e de remise des prix, ils m'ont inspir\u00e9 \u00e0 ne m\u00e9nager aucun effort pour \u00eatre un meilleur voisin.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/4/23/arif-virani-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/arif-virani/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4435/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11257814",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "COVID Community Champions",
"fr": "Les champions de l'engagement communautaire dans la lutte contre la COVID"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/4/23/",
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}
}