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{
"time": "2006-09-27 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jeff Watson (Essex, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"62648\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, with a finger in the wind and his head in the sand, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"78387\" href=\"/politicians/john-mccallum/\" title=\"John McCallum\">Markham\u2014Unionville</a> announced that his Liberals want to one-up the NDP call to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan by pulling out reconstruction teams too. In a rush to see who cuts and runs faster, he is hoping Canadians forget he was in cabinet sending our troops to Kandahar and as defence minister oversaw our mission. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"62649\" data-originallang=\"en\">Worse, the former prime minister was in cabinet when his Liberals sent our troops to Afghanistan. As prime minister he sent them to Kandahar, but recently Mr. Dithers went to New York to hobnob, too busy to show up for a vote on extending the mission and too busy to show up for President Karzai's speech, but not too busy to criticize from the shadows the mission he started.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"62650\" data-originallang=\"en\">A Liberal pullout is not a big surprise. After all, they pulled out half their caucus before President Karzai's speech last week. The Liberals cut on Afghanistan before its president could ask for more of our support.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"62651\" data-originallang=\"en\">Liberals can run, but this government will stay firm in our commitment to the people of Afghanistan.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"62648\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, avec un doigt au vent et la t\u00eate dans le sable, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"78387\" href=\"/politicians/john-mccallum/\" title=\"John McCallum\">Markham\u2014Unionville</a> a annonc\u00e9 que ses lib\u00e9raux voulaient faire encore mieux que le NPD, qui r\u00e9clame le retrait d'Afghanistan de nos troupes. Ils proposent que l'on rappelle aussi les \u00e9quipes de reconstruction. Press\u00e9 de voir qui est capable de se d\u00e9filer le plus vite, il esp\u00e8re que les Canadiens vont oublier qu'il faisait partie du Cabinet qui a envoy\u00e9 nos troupes \u00e0 Kandahar et qu'il a supervis\u00e9 notre mission \u00e0 titre de ministre de la D\u00e9fense.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"62649\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pire encore, l'ancien premier ministre dirigeait le pays lorsque ses lib\u00e9raux ont envoy\u00e9 nos troupes en Afghanistan. En tant que premier ministre, c'est M. Ind\u00e9cis qui les a envoy\u00e9es \u00e0 Kandahar. Or, m\u00eame s'il \u00e9tait trop occup\u00e9 pour \u00eatre pr\u00e9sent lors du vote visant \u00e0 prolonger la mission et lors du discours du pr\u00e9sident Karza\u00ef, il n'\u00e9tait pas trop occup\u00e9 r\u00e9cemment, alors qu'il frayait avec des gens \u00e0 New York, pour critiquer dans l'ombre la mission qu'il a lui-m\u00eame lanc\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"62650\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il n'y a rien de surprenant \u00e0 entendre les lib\u00e9raux parler de se retirer. Apr\u00e8s tout, ils ont retir\u00e9 la moiti\u00e9 de leur caucus avant le discours du pr\u00e9sident Karza\u00ef la semaine derni\u00e8re. Les lib\u00e9raux ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de l\u00e2cher l'Afghanistan avant que le pr\u00e9sident de ce pays ait pu demander davantage d'aide de notre part.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"62651\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les lib\u00e9raux peuvent bien courir, mais le gouvernement actuel tiendra fermement son engagement envers le peuple d'Afghanistan.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2006/9/27/jeff-watson-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jeff-watson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1363/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "1656651",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Afghanistan",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2006/9/27/",
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}