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This is a single
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": "2026-06-17 19:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Michael Coteau (Scarborough\u2014Woburn, Lib.)",
"fr": "Michael Coteau (Scarborough\u2014Woburn, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416877\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Mr. Speaker, the member did mention just fighting hate, and he mentioned anti-hate legislation. A proposed change came through the Senate to include the noose as a hate symbol, which the Conservatives have voted against. Can you tell the House why it is important for us to put in place hate legislation and, more specifically, to fight against these hate symbols here in Canada?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9416877\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a mentionn\u00e9 la lutte contre la haine et les mesures l\u00e9gislatives contre la haine. Le S\u00e9nat a propos\u00e9 une modification visant \u00e0 inclure le n\u0153ud coulant comme symbole li\u00e9 \u00e0 la haine, mais les conservateurs ont vot\u00e9 contre. Pouvez-vous dire \u00e0 la Chambre pourquoi il est important que nous mettions en place des dispositions l\u00e9gislatives sur la haine et, plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, que nous combattions ces symboles li\u00e9s \u00e0 la haine ici, au Canada?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/6/17/michael-coteau-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/michael-coteau/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4780/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13590401",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Government Business No. 13\u2014Proceedings on Bill C\u201122",
"fr": "L'affaire \u00e9manant du gouvernement no 13 \u2014 Les d\u00e9lib\u00e9rations sur le projet de loi C\u201122"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/6/17/",
"related": {
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}
}