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{
"time": "2024-02-29 15:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Ya'ara Saks (Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Ya'ara Saks (ministre de la Sant\u00e9 mentale et des D\u00e9pendances et ministre associ\u00e9e de la Sant\u00e9, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8249586\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member is such a tremendous advocate on so many issues that matter to Canadians. Black communities across Canada continue to experience social and economic inequities, which have persisted for far too long and have negative impacts on people's mental health. We know there is more work to do and we are committed to doing it together.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8249587\" data-originallang=\"en\">Through programs like the mental health of Black Canadians fund, we are supporting organizations to develop culturally safe, focused, knowledge-based programs with the capacity to improve the mental health of Black Canadians and meet their needs. We will keep working with the Black community across Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8249586\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la d\u00e9put\u00e9e milite ardemment pour d'innombrables causes qui tiennent \u00e0 c\u0153ur aux Canadiens. Partout au Canada, les personnes noires continuent de faire les frais des in\u00e9galit\u00e9s sociales et \u00e9conomiques qui persistent depuis beaucoup trop longtemps et qui nuisent \u00e0 leur sant\u00e9 mentale. Nous savons qu'il reste du travail \u00e0 faire et nous sommes d\u00e9termin\u00e9s \u00e0 l'accomplir ensemble.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8249587\" data-originallang=\"en\">Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des programmes comme le Fonds pour la sant\u00e9 mentale des communaut\u00e9s noires, nous aidons des organisations \u00e0 \u00e9laborer des programmes cibl\u00e9s qui sont bas\u00e9s sur les connaissances et adapt\u00e9s aux r\u00e9alit\u00e9s culturelles, dans le but d'am\u00e9liorer la sant\u00e9 mentale des Canadiens noirs et de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 leurs besoins. Nous allons continuer de travailler avec la communaut\u00e9 noire, d'un bout \u00e0 l'autre du pays.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/2/29/yaara-saks-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/yaara-saks/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4595/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12617382",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Health",
"fr": "La sant\u00e9"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/2/29/",
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}
}