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{
    "time": "2024-02-16 12:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jeremy Patzer",
        "fr": "M. Jeremy Patzer"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8210578\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is important to say that the member is misrepresenting what is going on. For parents who want gender-affirming care, the government will not be standing in the way. The Premier of Alberta has made that abundantly clear. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8210579\" data-originallang=\"en\">What people do not want to see is the government forcing, swaying or moving the conversation a certain way without parents being part of the conversation. This is because parents, not the state, are the first caregivers for our children. That is the most fundamental thing that people need to know understand. We know that parents need to always be at the table when it comes to decisions for their own children. My biggest point is that parents need to be number one as the caregivers for children. That is what we are focused on.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8210578\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, il est important de dire que la d\u00e9put\u00e9e d\u00e9forme la r\u00e9alit\u00e9. Pour les parents qui veulent des soins li\u00e9s \u00e0 l'affirmation du genre, le gouvernement ne leur mettra pas de b\u00e2tons dans les roues. La premi\u00e8re ministre de l'Alberta l'a dit tr\u00e8s clairement.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8210579\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ce que les gens ne veulent pas, c'est qu'un gouvernement impose sa volont\u00e9 et exerce son influence pour orienter la conversation d'une certaine fa\u00e7on sans que les parents y participent. C'est parce que ce sont les parents, et non l'\u00c9tat, qui sont les premiers responsables des soins aux enfants. C'est la chose la plus fondamentale que les gens doivent comprendre. Nous savons que les parents doivent toujours avoir leur mot \u00e0 dire quand vient le temps de prendre des d\u00e9cisions qui concernent leurs enfants. Ce qu'il faut surtout retenir, c'est que les parents doivent \u00eatre les premiers responsables des soins aux enfants. Voil\u00e0 ce sur quoi nous insistons.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2024/2/16/jeremy-patzer-9/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jeremy-patzer/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4574/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "12594260",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act",
        "fr": "Loi sur l'apprentissage et la garde des jeunes enfants au Canada"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2024/2/16/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2024%2F2%2F16%2F"
    }
}