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{
"time": "2008-06-17 16:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Rick Barker",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1180733\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would just respond to you and say I think you're exactly right when you talk about the family. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1180734\" data-originallang=\"en\">Just across the road from me is an old guy who went to the Second World War. He was on patrol in North Africa, came home, and has been on patrol on my street. He had a fall or an accident, so I went over to see if he was okay. I talked to his wife Margaret. Now Margaret has actually been his caregiver since he came home in 1945; she has provided all of the support. She's been a registered nurse and has done everything for him. I think she is not atypical: \u201cMargarets\u201d will be everywhere; \u201cMargarets\u201d have looked after the veterans. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1180735\" data-originallang=\"en\">With the Vietnam veterans, when we invited them to a welcome home ceremony, we invited all of their families: the moms, the kids, and the grandkids. And the families made the thing, because they had carried the veterans. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1180736\" data-originallang=\"en\">Like you, I feel that instead of focusing just on the veterans, we have to focus on the family, and by drawing the families in, we'll draw in the support for them and we'll get a much better result for everybody.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1180733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vous r\u00e9pondrais que je pense que vous avez absolument raison lorsque que vous parlez de la famille.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1180734\" data-originallang=\"en\">Juste en face de chez moi, il y a un vieil homme qui a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il \u00e9tait en patrouille en Afrique du Nord, est revenu \u00e0 la maison, et il a \u00e9t\u00e9 une patrouille sur ma rue. Il a fait une chute ou a eu un accident, alors je suis all\u00e9 voir s'il se portait bien. J'ai parl\u00e9 \u00e0 son \u00e9pouse, Margaret. Cette derni\u00e8re a \u00e9t\u00e9 son aidant naturel depuis son retour \u00e0 la maison en 1945; elle a assur\u00e9 tout le soutien. Elle \u00e9tait infirmi\u00e8re autoris\u00e9e et a tout fait pour lui. Je pense qu'elle n'est pas unique: il y a des \u00ab Margaret \u00bb partout; les \u00ab Margaret \u00bb se sont occup\u00e9es des anciens combattants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1180735\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans le cas des anciens combattants du Vietnam, lorsque nous les avons invit\u00e9s \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie d'accueil, nous avons invit\u00e9 tous les membres de leur famille: leurs parents, leurs enfants et leurs petits-enfants. Et les familles ont assist\u00e9 \u00e0 la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie, parce qu'elles avaient port\u00e9 les anciens combattants \u00e0 bout de bras.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1180736\" data-originallang=\"en\">Comme vous, j'estime que plut\u00f4t que de nous concentrer uniquement sur les anciens combattants, nous devons nous concentrer sur les familles, et qu'en incluant les familles, nous allons attirer le soutien pour ces derni\u00e8res et nous obtiendrons un bien meilleur r\u00e9sultat pour tout le monde.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/veterans-affairs/39-2/32/rick-barker-4/",
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"source_id": "2541519",
"document_url": "/committees/veterans-affairs/39-2/32/",
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