Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2018-05-08 12:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Robert Kitchen",
        "fr": "M. Robert Kitchen"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5420342\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Mr. Chair and gentlemen.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420343\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Chief Ross and Mr. Highway, thanks to both of you both for coming today. Thank you for your service to Canada. I hope we will meet again at Cowessess this year and dance again at powwow. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420344\" data-originallang=\"en\">It's interesting, your conversation, in that we've just finished a study on transition. We've looked at transition from the point of view of transitioning soldiers\u2014veterans\u2014into civilian life. What we probably didn't look at or realize was that our first nations veterans have to transition from being soldiers into civilian life, but also into civilian life back into first nations and onto the reserves. Sometimes there's that challenge. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420345\" data-originallang=\"en\">We heard from Mr. Lafontaine in the hour before this. He talked about some of these issues up in the remote areas of Quebec and how veterans are having troubles. Basically, the question is, are they getting the information they need?</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420346\" data-originallang=\"en\"> I know that both of you are from Saskatchewan. I'm from Saskatchewan. We understand the remoteness of our north. I'm wondering if you could comment on that challenge. I don't know if you heard what Mr. Lafontaine talked about, but is there that challenge for our first nations veterans as they transition back into northern Saskatchewan?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5420342\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, messieurs, je vous remercie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420343\" data-originallang=\"en\">Chef Ross et monsieur Highway, merci d'\u00eatre venus ici aujourd'hui. Je vous remercie \u00e9galement d'avoir servi le Canada. J'esp\u00e8re que nous aurons l'occasion de nous revoir \u00e0 Cowessess et de danser au powwow.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420344\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vos propos sont tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ressants, d'autant plus que nous venons de terminer une \u00e9tude sur la transition. Nous nous sommes pench\u00e9s sur la transition des soldats \u2014 des anciens combattants \u2014 \u00e0 la vie civile. Ce que nous avons probablement omis de prendre en compte dans notre \u00e9tude, c'est le fait que les anciens combattants des Premi\u00e8res Nations doivent effectuer une transition non seulement \u00e0 la vie civile, mais aussi \u00e0 la vie au sein de leur nation et de leur r\u00e9serve. C'est parfois un d\u00e9fi pour eux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420345\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous avons entendu M. Lafontaine au cours de la premi\u00e8re heure. Il nous a parl\u00e9 des difficult\u00e9s que connaissent les anciens combattants dans les r\u00e9gions \u00e9loign\u00e9es du Qu\u00e9bec. En gros, nous devons nous demander s'ils obtiennent toute l'information dont ils ont besoin.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5420346\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je sais que vous \u00eates tous deux de la Saskatchewan. Je viens moi aussi de l\u00e0. Nous comprenons ce qu'est l'\u00e9loignement dans le nord de notre province. J'aimerais que vous nous parliez de ce probl\u00e8me. Je ne sais pas si vous avez entendu ce que M. Lafontaine a dit, mais j'aimerais savoir si les anciens combattants autochtones \u00e9prouvent les m\u00eames difficult\u00e9s \u00e0 leur retour \u00e0 la vie civile dans le nord de la Saskatchewan? </p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/veterans-affairs/42-1/86/robert-gordon-kitchen-5/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/robert-gordon-kitchen/",
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    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10117580",
    "document_url": "/committees/veterans-affairs/42-1/86/",
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