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{
"time": "2007-11-27 11:50:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Paul Dewar (Ottawa Centre, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"804839\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804840\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you to our guests for their opening remarks. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804841\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'm going to start with Darfur. We've been talking about that a little bit. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804842\" data-originallang=\"en\">I just wanted to bring to your attention the fact that the UN, as recently as this week, said that the mission we're all hoping will go ahead will fail unless countries can provide helicopters and lorries\u2014this is actually a BBC report, so they say \u201clorries\u201d\u2014and that the deployment is to begin in six weeks. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804843\" data-originallang=\"en\">On August 2 we had Mr. MacKay, who was then Minister of Foreign Affairs, announce the $48 million in aid for Darfur. He told us the money would go towards providing fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, fuelling, and training. We keep hearing that the mission on the ground is without helicopters, so where is the money, or where are the helicopters? Can you help me with that? I'm looking at the appropriations here and I'm looking at the announcements of the government. I'm trying to put these two things together, and I'm hearing from the UN that this mission is not going to go ahead unless they have the supplies. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804844\" data-originallang=\"en\">My understanding is that we have helicopters. I've seen it announced by the government. I've seen money announced there for it\u2014so where are the helicopters?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"804839\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804840\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je remercie les t\u00e9moins de leur d\u00e9clarations liminaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804841\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais parler d'abord du Darfour, dont on parle beaucoup depuis un certain temps.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804842\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais attirer votre attention sur le fait que l'ONU, aussi r\u00e9cemment que cette semaine, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que la mission que nous esp\u00e9rons tous \u00e9chouera si les pays n'acceptent pas de fournir des h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res et des camions \u2014 j'ai entendu \u00e7a \u00e0 la BBC, o\u00f9 on parlait de \u00ab lorries \u00bb comme en Angleterre \u2014 et si le d\u00e9ploiement ne commence pas dans les six prochaines semaines.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804843\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le 2 ao\u00fbt, M. McKay, qui \u00e9tait alors ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, annon\u00e7ait 48 millions de dollars d'aide pour le Darfour. Il nous avait dit que cet argent servirait \u00e0 financer des avions \u00e0 ailes fixes, des h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res, du carburant et de l'entra\u00eenement. Or, nous entendons dire que les membres de la mission sur le terrain n'ont toujours pas d'h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res. Qu'est donc devenu cet argent? O\u00f9 sont les h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res? Pouvez-vous me r\u00e9pondre? Je regarde les affectations budg\u00e9taires et les annonces du gouvernement et j'essaye de faire concorder les choses mais, en m\u00eame temps, j'entends dire \u00e0 l'ONU que cette mission ne sera pas entreprise si l'on n'a pas les fournitures n\u00e9cessaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"804844\" data-originallang=\"en\">Si je ne me trompe, nous avons les h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res n\u00e9cessaires. J'ai vu l'annonce du gouvernement. J'ai vu que de l'argent avait \u00e9t\u00e9 annonc\u00e9 pour cela et je vous demande donc o\u00f9 sont les h\u00e9licopt\u00e8res.</p>"
},
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