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{
    "time": "2006-10-17 14:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Jos\u00e9e Verner (Minister of International Cooperation and Minister for la Francophonie and Official Languages, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"201657\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I can assure you that no funds are being withheld by CIDA for projects in Kandahar.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"201658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Just last week, I was in Valcartier, in the vicinity of Quebec City, where I had the honour of announcing two rapid action projects specifically for Kandahar: $3.1 million will be used for medium-sized infrastructure and $2 million will be used to accelerate the national solidarity program.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"201659\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That is what is being done in Kandahar and the security provided by our military is critical to development.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"201657\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je peux vous assurer qu'il n'y a aucune retenue de financement au niveau de l'ACDI pour les projets mis sur pied \u00e0 Kandahar.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"201658\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Encore la semaine derni\u00e8re, j'\u00e9tais \u00e0 Valcartier, dans la r\u00e9gion de Qu\u00e9bec, o\u00f9 j'ai eu l'honneur d'annoncer deux projets \u00e0 action rapide sp\u00e9cifiquement \u00e0 Kandahar: 3,1 millions de dollars iront pour des projets d'infrastructure de taille moyenne et 2 millions de dollars permettront d'acc\u00e9l\u00e9rer le Programme de solidarit\u00e9 nationale. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"201659\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Voil\u00e0 ce qu'on fait \u00e0 Kandahar, et on a besoin de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de nos militaires pour assurer le d\u00e9veloppement.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2006/10/17/josee-verner-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/josee-verner/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/604/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "1698698",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Afghanistan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2006/10/17/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2006%2F10%2F17%2F"
    }
}