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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2024-11-21 13:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Laurel Collins (Victoria, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8720371\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the third petition is on international human rights.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8720372\" data-originallang=\"en\"> The petitioners note that Canadians are calling on the government because Canadian companies are contributing to global human rights abuses and environmental harms. Protesters, particularly indigenous peoples and marginalized groups, face violence overseas because of the actions of Canadian companies and those companies involved in Canadian supply chains. Canada encourages but does not require companies to prevent these harms. The petitioners are calling on the House of Commons to mandate companies to prevent harm in their global operations, assess their impact, provide remedies and face consequences for negligence. Affected individuals should be allowed to seek justice in Canadian courts. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8720371\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la troisi\u00e8me p\u00e9tition porte sur les droits de la personne \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8720372\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les p\u00e9titionnaires signalent que les Canadiens demandent au gouvernement d'intervenir parce que des entreprises ayant leur si\u00e8ge social au Canada contribuent \u00e0 des violations des droits de la personne et \u00e0 la d\u00e9t\u00e9rioration de l'environnement ailleurs dans le monde. Les personnes qui protestent contre ces violations, en particulier les Autochtones et les groupes marginalis\u00e9s, sont victimes de violence \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger en raison des agissements d'entreprises canadiennes et d'entreprises participant \u00e0 la cha\u00eene d'approvisionnement du Canada. Le Canada encourage les entreprises \u00e0 pr\u00e9venir de tels pr\u00e9judices, mais ne les oblige pas \u00e0 le faire. Les p\u00e9titionnaires prient la Chambre des communes d'exiger que les entreprises pr\u00e9viennent de tels pr\u00e9judices dans leurs activit\u00e9s mondiales, qu'elles \u00e9valuent leur r\u00f4le dans des violations des droits de la personne ou des dommages environnementaux \u00e0 l'\u00e9tranger, qu'elles donnent acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un m\u00e9canisme de recours en cas de pr\u00e9judice et qu'elles soient passibles de cons\u00e9quences en cas de n\u00e9gligence. Les personnes touch\u00e9es doivent pouvoir obtenir justice aupr\u00e8s des tribunaux canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/11/21/laurel-collins-7/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/laurel-collins/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4520/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13004696",
"h1": {
"en": "Routine Proceedings",
"fr": "Affaires courantes"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Petitions",
"fr": "P\u00e9titions"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Human Rights",
"fr": "Les droits de la personne"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/11/21/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F11%2F21%2F"
}
}