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{
"time": "2007-05-07 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia (Lac-Saint-Louis, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"599466\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about the tragic death of Corporal Beno\u00eet Chevalier of 3 Wing Bagotville in Quebec. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599467\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Corporal Chevalier was one of nine peacekeepers who lost their lives on Sunday when their plane crashed in the Sinai Desert. The nine were members of a United Nations force that was monitoring the border between Egypt and Israel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599468\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Beno\u00eet Chevalier had five years' experience in the Canadian Forces. He was born in Macamic, Quebec, where he attended elementary and secondary school.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599469\" data-originallang=\"fr\">His comrades considered him a professional and likeable man who served his country with honour. He was a son, a brother and a brave soldier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599470\" data-originallang=\"fr\">We in the House of Commons will remember Beno\u00eet Chevalier, and we express our heartfelt sympathies to his family here in Canada and his comrades around the world.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"599466\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour \u00e9voquer la mort tragique du caporal Beno\u00eet Chevalier, de la Troisi\u00e8me Escadre de Bagotville, au Qu\u00e9bec. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599467\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le caporal Chevalier \u00e9tait l'un des neuf Casques bleus qui ont p\u00e9ri dimanche quand leur avion s'est \u00e9cras\u00e9 dans le d\u00e9sert du Sina\u00ef. Il faisait partie d'une force mandat\u00e9e par le Nations Unies pour surveiller la fronti\u00e8re entre l'\u00c9gypte et Isra\u00ebl. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599468\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Beno\u00eet Chevalier avait cinq ann\u00e9es d'exp\u00e9rience dans les Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes. Il \u00e9tait n\u00e9 \u00e0 Macamic, au Qu\u00e9bec, o\u00f9 il a fr\u00e9quent\u00e9 l'\u00e9cole primaire et l'\u00e9cole secondaire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599469\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Ses camarades voyaient en lui un homme professionnel et aimable qui servait son pays avec honneur. Il \u00e9tait un fils, un fr\u00e8re et un soldat courageux. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"599470\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Nous qui sommes ici pr\u00e9sents \u00e0 la Chambre des communes, nous nous souviendrons de Beno\u00eet Chevalier, et nous adressons nos plus sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 sa famille ici, au Canada, ainsi qu'\u00e0 ses camarades d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s \u00e0 travers le monde. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2007/5/7/francis-scarpaleggia-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/francis-scarpaleggia/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1480/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2058813",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Beno\u00eet Chevalier",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2007/5/7/",
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}