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{
"time": "2008-01-29 14:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. St\u00e9phane Dion (Leader of the Opposition, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"872343\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, we have the utmost respect for the judgment of our officers in the field. The issue of whether or not to transfer detainees to a system where they might be tortured does raise questions of operational security, but it is first and foremost a human rights issue. It is a matter of principle, and responsibility for this ultimately rests with the Prime Minister himself.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"872344\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will he promise that, from now on, he will make such decisions himself and be accountable for them in this House and to Canadians?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"872343\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous avons le plus grand respect pour le jugement de nos officiers sur le terrain. Toutefois, la question de transf\u00e9rer ou non des d\u00e9tenus dans un syst\u00e8me qui peut les exposer \u00e0 la torture soul\u00e8ve sans doute des questions de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 op\u00e9rationnelle, mais c'est avant tout une question de droits humains. C'est une question de principes dont la responsabilit\u00e9 ultime rel\u00e8ve de la responsabilit\u00e9 personnelle du premier ministre. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"872344\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Va-t-il s'engager \u00e0 ce que, dor\u00e9navant, de telles d\u00e9cisions soient prises par lui et qu'il en soit redevable en cette Chambre et devant les Canadiens?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/1/29/stephane-dion-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/stephane-dion/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/3686/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2281734",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Afghanistan",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/1/29/",
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}