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{
"time": "2006-11-23 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Alexa McDonough (Halifax, NDP)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"294429\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on October 26 the defence minister told the House he would discuss Canada's role in Afghanistan any time any place. He then took his so-called cross-Canada tour to sell the Kandahar mission without setting foot in Atlantic Canada. Halifax is home to Canada's largest military community. Soldiers from Nova Scotia have suffered the most severe casualties in Kandahar.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"294430\" data-originallang=\"en\">I urge the minister to reconsider his refusal to come to Halifax on December 4 to participate in a public forum on Afghanistan, or does the minister's Canada end at the New Brunswick-Quebec border?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"294429\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le 26 octobre le ministre de la D\u00e9fense a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre qu'il discuterait du r\u00f4le du Canada en Afghanistan \u00e0 n'importe quel moment, n'importe o\u00f9. Il a ensuite entrepris une soi-disant tourn\u00e9e pancanadienne de promotion de la mission \u00e0 Kandahar sans mettre le pied dans les Maritimes. Halifax abrite la plus importante communaut\u00e9 militaire au pays. Ce sont les soldats de la Nouvelle-\u00c9cosse qui ont subi les pertes les plus lourdes \u00e0 Kandahar.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"294430\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je presse le ministre de revenir sur sa d\u00e9cision de ne pas se rendre \u00e0 Halifax le 4 d\u00e9cembre pour prendre part \u00e0 une tribune publique sur l'Afghanistan. Ou se pourrait-il que le Canada du ministre prenne fin \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re du Qu\u00e9bec et du Nouveau-Brunswick?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/11/23/alexa-mcdonough-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/192/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/2543/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1795385",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Afghanistan",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/11/23/",
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}