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{
    "time": "2023-09-25 11:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Karina Gould",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Karina Gould"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7927487\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would just reiterate for colleagues that, if they recall when this happened, which was during the Speaker's remarks, we were all caught off guard by this. I am not trying to collectivize responsibility; I am trying to lay on the table the facts, which my Conservative colleagues are choosing to ignore. I have asked them respectfully not to politicize this issue. In fact, it hurts communities more than it helps them. As someone who personally has been deeply hurt by this, as indeed I believe all members of the chamber have been, we need to work together to strike this recognition from Hansard and to ensure that this never happens again.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7927487\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je voudrais simplement rappeler \u00e0 mes coll\u00e8gues qu'au moment o\u00f9 cela s\u2019est produit, \u00e0 savoir pendant l\u2019intervention du Pr\u00e9sident, nous avons tous \u00e9t\u00e9 pris au d\u00e9pourvu. Je n\u2019essaie pas d\u2019en faire une responsabilit\u00e9 collective, mais d\u2019exposer les faits que mes coll\u00e8gues conservateurs choisissent d\u2019ignorer. Je leur ai demand\u00e9 respectueusement de ne pas politiser le sujet. En fait, cela fait plus de mal que de bien aux communaut\u00e9s concern\u00e9es. J'ai \u00e9t\u00e9 profond\u00e9ment bless\u00e9e personnellement par cette affaire, comme, je pense, tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de la Chambre, et nous devons travailler ensemble \u00e0 effacer cette reconnaissance du hansard et \u00e0 faire en sorte que cela ne se reproduise jamais.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2023/9/25/karina-gould-4/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/karina-gould/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4287/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12331116",
    "h2": {
        "en": "Apology by the Speaker",
        "fr": "Des excuses de la part du Pr\u00e9sident"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2023/9/25/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2023%2F9%2F25%2F"
    }
}