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{
"time": "2007-11-14 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Richard Nadeau (Gatineau, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"768148\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the National Capital Commission paid tribute to the infamous Lord Durham as part of its celebration of Ottawa's 150th anniversary as Canada's capital.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"768149\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is deeply hurtful to Quebeckers that people are ignoring the fact that Durham recommended that the British government assimilate francophones. Durham described francophones as inferior in all respects to anglophones, a people with no history whose only salvation lay in assimilation to the English majority.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"768150\" data-originallang=\"fr\">It is scandalous that the Conservatives, who have proclaimed their respect for the Quebec nation, have allowed a person who described Quebeckers as a nationality \u201cdestitute of all that can invigorate and elevate a people\u201d to be honoured in this way.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"768151\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois demands an apology from the minister responsible for the National Capital Commission for this insult to the Quebec nation. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"768148\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la Commission de la capitale nationale rendait hommage au tristement c\u00e9l\u00e8bre lord Durham dans le cadre du 150<sup>e</sup> anniversaire du choix de la ville d'Ottawa \u00e0 titre de capitale du Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"768149\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ce qui blesse profond\u00e9ment les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, c'est qu'on passe sous silence sa recommandation au gouvernement britannique d'assimiler les francophones, qu'il a d\u00e9crit \u00ab comme un peuple inf\u00e9rieur en toutes choses aux anglophones, un peuple sans histoire et qui n'a d'autre salut que dans l'assimilation \u00e0 la majorit\u00e9 anglaise \u00bb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"768150\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il est scandaleux que les conservateurs, qui clament leur respect pour la nation qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise, acceptent que soit honor\u00e9 ce personnage qui a d\u00e9crit les Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois comme une \u00ab nation d\u00e9pourvue de tout ce qui peut vivifier et \u00e9lever un peuple \u00bb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"768151\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois exige des excuses du ministre responsable de la Commission de la capitale nationale pour cet affront \u00e0 la nation qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/11/14/richard-nadeau-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/richard-nadeau/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/521/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2192550",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "National Capital Commission",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/11/14/",
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}
}