Mr. Speaker, I am going to have an opportunity to give a speech, but I would like to commend my colleague from Edmonton Centre on the remarkable work he is doing in his job as a parliamentary secretary.
\nThe parliamentary secretary has had a long career in the armed forces. He has been to Afghanistan, not only as committee travel, but he also spent Christmas with the troops in Afghanistan. The member has been to Afghanistan a number of different times. Perhaps he could tell us about some very clear indicators that he has seen while he has been in Afghanistan of the change, of the transition, of the way that people are viewing this mission from the Afghans' perspective.
", "fr": "Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je suis sur le point de livrer un discours, mais j'aimerais d'abord f\u00e9liciter mon coll\u00e8gue d'Edmonton-Centre pour le travail remarquable qu'il fait en tant que secr\u00e9taire parlementaire.
\nLe secr\u00e9taire parlementaire a eu une longue carri\u00e8re dans les forces arm\u00e9es. Il est all\u00e9 en Afghanistan, non seulement dans le cadre d'une visite du comit\u00e9, mais il y a aussi pass\u00e9 No\u00ebl avec les soldats. Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 est all\u00e9 en Afghanistan \u00e0 plusieurs reprises. Il pourrait peut-\u00eatre nous parler des changements qu'il a clairement constat\u00e9s l\u00e0-bas, de la p\u00e9riode de transition et de la perception que les Afghans ont de cette mission.
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