Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-11-29 15:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Marc Miller",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Marc Miller"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7465562\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is precisely this type of commission that will allow us to make sure we are focused on survivors and their families. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7465563\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is not lost on anyone that the vast composition of the House is non-indigenous. We sometimes superimpose our own views of what we think is good or not good for indigenous peoples. Having a commission like that to remind us, particularly in the wake of the last year and a half of discoveries in and around unmarked graves, will be an opportunity and a catalyst to keep reminding the House of the importance of putting survivors and families first, knowing that this is trauma that has passed on from generation to generation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7465564\" data-originallang=\"en\">There are still survivors who are speaking for the first time, courageously. There are also people who are courageously choosing not to speak out about their experiences. We need to honour them and their silence as well. This is a very difficult time still for communities and will be for some time. However, having an institution like this, which will be able to radiate across Canada, will be key in keeping survivors and their families front and centre in this ongoing national tragedy.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7465562\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment ce type de conseil qui nous permettra de nous concentrer sur les survivants et leur famille.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7465563\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tout le monde a remarqu\u00e9 que la Chambre est majoritairement compos\u00e9e de non-Autochtones. Nous imposons parfois notre vision de ce qui est bien ou non pour les Autochtones. Le fait de disposer d'un tel conseil, surtout dans la foul\u00e9e des d\u00e9couvertes de tombes anonymes de la derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e et demie, servira de catalyseur et d'occasion pour rappeler \u00e0 la Chambre l'importance d'accorder la priorit\u00e9 aux survivants et aux familles, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que l'on sait qu'il s'agit d'un traumatisme qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 transmis de g\u00e9n\u00e9ration en g\u00e9n\u00e9ration.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7465564\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il y a encore des survivants qui prennent la parole avec beaucoup de courage pour la premi\u00e8re fois. Il y en a d'autres qui choisissent courageusement de ne pas parler de leurs exp\u00e9riences. Nous devons les respecter et respecter aussi leur silence. Il s'agit encore d'une p\u00e9riode tr\u00e8s difficile pour les communaut\u00e9s, et elle le sera encore pendant quelque temps. Toutefois, disposer d'une telle institution, qui sera capable de rayonner partout au Canada, est essentiel pour que les survivants de cette trag\u00e9die nationale qui perdure ainsi que leur famille demeurent au premier rang des pr\u00e9occupations.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/11/29/marc-miller-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/marc-miller/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4344/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11961285",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Council for Reconciliation Act",
        "fr": "Loi portant sur un conseil national de r\u00e9conciliation"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/11/29/",
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    }
}