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{
    "time": "2008-01-29 14:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Maxime Bernier (Minister of Foreign Affairs, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"872372\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, as I told the House yesterday, when we uncovered a probable instance of abuse, we informed the House. We took action. My department's officials took action and the Afghan government took action.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"872373\" data-originallang=\"fr\">In fact, the Afghan government is currently conducting a thorough investigation of this case. We have an agreement that is working, and the armed forces have the discretion to apply this agreement in the field. </p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"872372\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme je l'ai dit hier \u00e0 la Chambre, lorsque nous l'avons trouv\u00e9, nous avons inform\u00e9 la Chambre d'un cas probable d'abus. Nous avons agi. Les fonctionnaires de mon minist\u00e8re ont agi et le gouvernement afghan a agi. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"872373\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D'ailleurs, le gouvernement afghan effectue actuellement une enqu\u00eate d\u00e9taill\u00e9e sur ce cas. Nous avons une entente qui fonctionne et les forces arm\u00e9es ont la discr\u00e9tion de l'application de cette entente sur le terrain.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2008/1/29/maxime-bernier-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/maxime-bernier/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/337/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2281773",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Afghanistan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2008/1/29/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2008%2F1%2F29%2F"
    }
}