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{
    "time": "2021-02-02 12:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6491199\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491200\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Thank you to all of the witnesses for coming today, for sharing your insights, and for providing so much perspective on the process and making sure that the voices of your communities are heard on this. I hope it leads to further consultations and more fulsome discussions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491201\" data-originallang=\"en\">First, I am joining you today from Halton, which is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat, the Attawandaron and the Anishinabe, the Mississauga of the Credit First Nation and many others. I'm very grateful to be sharing this land.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491202\" data-originallang=\"en\">My question today is for Ms. Whitman.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491203\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ms. Whitman, I bring greetings from my friend, Sherry Saevil, who is a grandmother who lives in my community. She says hi. We were chatting the other day because we share a birthday, which was on Friday.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6491199\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci beaucoup, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491200\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je remercie tous les t\u00e9moins pr\u00e9sents ici aujourd\u2019hui de nous avoir expliqu\u00e9s leurs points de vue et de nous avoir \u00e9clair\u00e9s sur la fa\u00e7on de veiller \u00e0 ce que les voix de leurs membres soient entendues \u00e0 ce sujet. J\u2019esp\u00e8re que cela m\u00e8nera \u00e0 d\u2019autres consultations et \u00e0 des discussions plus approfondies. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491201\" data-originallang=\"en\">Tout d\u2019abord, je me joins \u00e0 vous aujourd\u2019hui \u00e0 partir de Halton, qui est le territoire traditionnel des Haudenosaunee et des Hurons-Wendat, des Attawandaron et des Anishinabe, de la Premi\u00e8re Nation des Mississaugas de Credit et de bien d\u2019autres. Je suis tr\u00e8s reconnaissant de partager cette terre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491202\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Ma question s\u2019adresse \u00e0 Mme Whitman.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6491203\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Madame Whitman, je vous transmets les salutations de mon amie, Mme Sherry Saevil, une grand-m\u00e8re qui vit dans ma communaut\u00e9. Elle vous salue. Nous parlions ensemble derni\u00e8rement parce que nous partagions un anniversaire, qui \u00e9tait vendredi.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/indigenous-affairs/43-2/15/adam-van-koeverden-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/adam-van-koeverden/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4526/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11110976",
    "document_url": "/committees/indigenous-affairs/43-2/15/",
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    }
}