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{
    "time": "2025-12-10 15:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Andrew Lawton",
        "fr": "Andrew Lawton"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9056685\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. As members of the House are aware, we open with prayer each day, and I am hoping you can rule on whether members will be protected from prosecution by parliamentary privilege should Bill <a data-HoCid=\"13590613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)\">C-9</a> pass.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9056685\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'invoque le R\u00e8glement. Comme les d\u00e9put\u00e9s le savent, nous commen\u00e7ons chaque journ\u00e9e avec une pri\u00e8re, et j'esp\u00e8re que vous pourrez juger si les d\u00e9put\u00e9s seront, gr\u00e2ce au privil\u00e8ge parlementaire, \u00e0 l'abri de poursuites judiciaires si le projet de loi <a data-HoCid=\"13590613\" href=\"/bills/45-1/C-9/\" title=\"An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places)\">C\u20119</a> est adopt\u00e9.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2025/12/10/andrew-lawton-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/andrew-lawton/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4738/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "13304442",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Climate Change",
        "fr": "Le changement climatique"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2025/12/10/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2025%2F12%2F10%2F"
    }
}