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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": "2024-11-05 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Rachel Bendayan (Outremont, Lib.)",
"fr": "Mme Rachel Bendayan (Outremont, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8672147\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, my grandparents had diabetes, my mom has diabetes and so do nearly four million Canadians. That is one in 10 of us. It may be our family, our friends or our neighbours. Insulin and other diabetes medications are expensive, and if one does not have private insurance, that is a huge monthly expense. However, all that is going to change because our government is making diabetes medication free for everyone.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8672148\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am lucky enough to represent many citizens, including several members of my own family, for whom sugar in tea is not only an integral part of everyday life, but also truly part of a very rich culture.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8672149\" data-originallang=\"fr\">However, we have to face the truth. Diabetes affects nearly one million Quebeckers and four million Canadians. The medication that helps diabetic patients can be very expensive. Our government has just passed legislation to make diabetes medications free. Yes, these drugs will be free for everyone.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8672147\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, mes grands-parents \u00e9taient diab\u00e9tiques, ma m\u00e8re est diab\u00e9tique et pr\u00e8s de 4 millions de Canadiens le sont aussi. Le diab\u00e8te touche une personne sur dix et cette personne peut \u00eatre un membre de notre famille, un de nos amis ou notre voisin. L'insuline et les autres m\u00e9dicaments contre le diab\u00e8te co\u00fbtent cher. Si une personne diab\u00e9tique n'a pas d'assurance priv\u00e9e, ses m\u00e9dicaments repr\u00e9sentent une \u00e9norme d\u00e9pense mensuelle. Heureusement, tout cela va changer parce que notre gouvernement rend les m\u00e9dicaments contre le diab\u00e8te gratuits pour tout le monde.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8672148\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> J'ai la chance de repr\u00e9senter de nombreux citoyens, dont plusieurs membres de ma propre famille, pour qui le sucre dans le th\u00e9 fait non seulement partie int\u00e9grante du quotidien, mais fait aussi v\u00e9ritablement partie d'une culture tr\u00e8s riche.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8672149\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il faut toutefois regarder la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 en face. La maladie du diab\u00e8te touche pr\u00e8s de 1 million de Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois et 4 millions de Canadiens. Les m\u00e9dicaments qui aident les patients atteints de diab\u00e8te peuvent co\u00fbter tr\u00e8s cher. Notre gouvernement vient d'adopter une loi pour rendre gratuits les m\u00e9dicaments pour le diab\u00e8te. Oui, ces m\u00e9dicaments seront gratuits pour tout le monde.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/11/5/rachel-bendayan-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/rachel-bendayan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4488/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12975981",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Diabetes",
"fr": "Le diab\u00e8te"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/11/5/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F11%2F5%2F"
}
}