Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2007-04-19 16:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Blaine Calkins",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"553445\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am pretty sure there was an attempt at a question there. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553446\" data-originallang=\"en\">The member, of course, is clearly coming from the Liberal perspective. To point it out and be clear, the Liberal perspective was to commit our troops to Afghanistan back in 2001 or 2002 and there have been several extensions from Liberal governments.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553447\" data-originallang=\"en\">Many constituents came to me during the last election campaign and said it is unfortunate that our Canadian troops are in the southern part of Afghanistan. They said the reason they were in the southern part of Afghanistan is because when we had to go to renew, their suspicion was that the previous Prime Minister, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"78571\" href=\"/politicians/187/\" title=\"Paul Martin\">LaSalle\u2014\u00c9mard</a> at the time, dithered, dodged and delayed. When it came time for the government to actually make a decision, it was not discussed in the House but just made. There was no vote, no debate on that particular issue. When that decision was made, all that was left was Kandahar. That is what my constituents are telling me.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553448\" data-originallang=\"en\">What they are also telling me is that it is not time to turn tail and run. The Liberals seem to think that falling back, along with all the other nations that are not willing to send their troops in and that have caveats on their troops, is the way to lead the way to a brighter future for the people of Afghanistan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553449\" data-originallang=\"en\">So, we would be fall back, retreat and lead from the sidelines and tell the others to go and we will stand back. We will not do anything. We will not take the lead on this. This is not the heritage--</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"553445\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'ai la tr\u00e8s nette impression qu'il y a eu tentative de question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553446\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il est \u00e9vident que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a un point de vue lib\u00e9ral. Pr\u00e9cisons que ce point de vue lib\u00e9ral pr\u00e9voyait envoyer nos troupes en Afghanistan en 2001 ou 2002 et qu'il y a eu plusieurs prolongations de la part des gouvernements lib\u00e9raux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553447\" data-originallang=\"en\">De nombreux \u00e9lecteurs m'ont dit pendant la derni\u00e8re campagne \u00e9lectorale qu'il \u00e9tait malheureux que nos troupes canadiennes se trouvent dans le Sud de l'Afghanistan. Selon eux, cela est d\u00fb au fait que, quand vint le temps de prolonger, le premier ministre de l'\u00e9poque, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"78571\" href=\"/politicians/187/\" title=\"Paul Martin\">LaSalle\u2014\u00c9mard</a>, a h\u00e9sit\u00e9, s'est esquiv\u00e9 et a retard\u00e9. Quand est venu le moment pour le gouvernement de prendre une v\u00e9ritable d\u00e9cision, aucune discussion n'a eu lieu \u00e0 la Chambre. On a simplement pris la d\u00e9cision. Aucun vote, aucun d\u00e9bat n'a eu lieu au sujet de cette question pr\u00e9cise. Quand cette d\u00e9cision a \u00e9t\u00e9 prise, il ne restait que Kandahar. C'est ce que les \u00e9lecteurs de la circonscription que je repr\u00e9sente me disent. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553448\" data-originallang=\"en\">Ils me disent aussi que ce n'est pas le temps de tourner casaque et de fuir. Les lib\u00e9raux semblent croire que le fait de se retirer, comme tous les autres pays qui ne veulent pas envoyer leurs troupes, est la fa\u00e7on d'assurer un meilleur avenir au peuple afghan. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"553449\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous devrions donc nous retirer, diriger \u00e0 partir des coulisses et dire \u00e0 d'autres d'y aller pendant que nous regardons. Nous n'allons rien faire. Nous ne prendrons pas les devants dans cette affaire. L\u00e0 n'est pas l'h\u00e9ritage...</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2007/4/19/blaine-calkins-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/blaine-calkins/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/361/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2018081",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition motion\u2014Afghanistan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2007/4/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2007%2F4%2F19%2F"
    }
}