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{
"time": "2008-04-07 14:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Gilles Duceppe (Laurier\u2014Sainte-Marie, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1005169\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, in his report, John Manley said that the deployment of an additional U.S. 3,200 troops in southern Afghanistan was good news, but that the contribution was inadequate. Ideally, another 1,000 troops are needed, he said. The <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> had made that a firm condition for extending the Canadian mission in Afghanistan beyond February 2009.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1005170\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I would like the <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">Prime Minister</a> to confirm that, as a result of his discussions in Bucharest, there will indeed be 1,000 more troops than there are currently\u2014let me emphasize \u201ccurrently\u201d\u2014in southern Afghanistan.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1005169\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, dans son rapport, John Manley affirme que le d\u00e9ploiement par les \u00c9tats-Unis de 3 200 soldats additionnels dans le sud de l'Afghanistan \u00e9tait une bonne nouvelle, mais que cette contribution \u00e9tait insuffisante. Id\u00e9alement, il faudrait 1 000 soldats de plus, disait-il. Le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> en a d'ailleurs fait une condition sine qua non quant au prolongement au-del\u00e0 de f\u00e9vrier 2009 de la mission canadienne en Afghanistan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1005170\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'aimerais que le <a data-HoCid=\"78738\" href=\"/politicians/stephen-harper/\" title=\"Stephen Harper\">premier ministre</a> confirme que le r\u00e9sultat de ses discussions \u00e0 Bucarest est bel et bien qu'il y aura 1 000 soldats de plus qu'il n'y en a actuellement \u2014 je dis bien \u00ab actuellement \u00bb \u2014 dans le sud de l'Afghanistan.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2008/4/7/gilles-duceppe-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/gilles-duceppe/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2399691",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Afghanistan",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2008/4/7/",
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}