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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2024-05-27 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Yvonne Jones (Labrador, Lib.)",
"fr": "Mme Yvonne Jones (Labrador, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8423497\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to invite all my colleague to join me and others tomorrow as we celebrate National Seal Products Day, which is normally on May 16.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423498\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Inuit and coastal communities across Nunavut, Atlantic Canada and Quebec have relied on seal and seal products for subsistence and survival for millennia, and we continue to use seal for food, clothing and historical ceremony. Seal Day is about recognizing and honouring historical, cultural, social and economic contributions that seal represent for our communities and our people. It is a day when we can recognize and counter narratives about the seal that seek to delegitimize and have devastating impacts on indigenous and coastal communities.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423499\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I support the industry, and it is a strong industry that has sustained people for many generations. We must continue to work together to ensure the economic viability of seal for all Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8423497\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'invite tous mes coll\u00e8gues \u00e0 se joindre \u00e0 moi et \u00e0 d'autres demain pour c\u00e9l\u00e9brer la Journ\u00e9e nationale des produits du phoque, qui a normalement lieu le 16 mai.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423498\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Les communaut\u00e9s inuites et c\u00f4ti\u00e8res du Nunavut, du Canada atlantique et du Qu\u00e9bec comptent sur le phoque et les produits du phoque pour leur subsistance et leur survie depuis des mill\u00e9naires, et nous continuons \u00e0 nous servir du phoque pour l'alimentation, l'habillement et les c\u00e9r\u00e9monies traditionnelles. La journ\u00e9e du phoque vise \u00e0 reconna\u00eetre les contributions historiques, culturelles, sociales et \u00e9conomiques du phoque pour nos communaut\u00e9s et nos peuples. C'est une journ\u00e9e o\u00f9 nous pouvons rendre hommage au phoque et contrer les histoires qui cherchent \u00e0 d\u00e9l\u00e9gitimer les activit\u00e9s qui l'entourent et qui ont des effets d\u00e9vastateurs sur les communaut\u00e9s autochtones et c\u00f4ti\u00e8res.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8423499\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je soutiens l'industrie, et c'est une industrie solide qui fait vivre les gens depuis de nombreuses g\u00e9n\u00e9rations. Nous devons continuer \u00e0 collaborer pour assurer la viabilit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique du phoque pour tous les Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/5/27/yvonne-jones-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/yvonne-jones/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4156/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12762366",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "National Seal Products Day",
"fr": "La Journ\u00e9e nationale des produits du phoque"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/5/27/",
"related": {
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}
}