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{
"time": "2009-10-05 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Johanne Deschamps (Laurentides\u2014Labelle, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1609047\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, today I would like to pay tribute to R\u00e9al Melan\u00e7on, a pioneer in bush flying who succumbed to leukemia on September 11, at the age of 82.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1609048\" data-originallang=\"fr\">He practised his craft with a passion for over half a century and was still flying his commercial seaplane until last fall. Throughout his long career, he patrolled the Upper Laurentians and flew over Quebec's far north to take stock of wild animals such as wolves and moose.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1609049\" data-originallang=\"fr\"> For nearly 40 years, he directed his company, which at one time included a fleet of six planes and three exclusive territories. When Mr. Melan\u00e7on created the company he wanted to \u201cbring Quebec's backwoods within everyone's reach\u201d, \u201cdemystify planes and bush flying\u201d and \u201cunveil the...treasures concealed in Quebec's forests\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1609050\" data-originallang=\"fr\">My colleagues in the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois join me in expressing our most sincere condolences to his family and friends.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1609047\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'aimerais aujourd'hui rendre un hommage particulier \u00e0 un pionnier de l'aviation de brousse, M. R\u00e9al Melan\u00e7on, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 de la leuc\u00e9mie le 11 septembre \u00e0 l'\u00e2ge de 82 ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1609048\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il pratiquait son m\u00e9tier avec passion depuis plus d'un demi-si\u00e8cle, et jusqu'\u00e0 l'automne dernier, il pilotait encore son hydravion commercial. Au cours de sa longue carri\u00e8re, il a patrouill\u00e9 le secteur des Hautes-Laurentides et survol\u00e9 le Grand Nord du Qu\u00e9bec afin, notamment, de r\u00e9pertorier des inventaires d'animaux sauvages, comme le loup et l'orignal.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1609049\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pendant pr\u00e8s de 40 ans, il a dirig\u00e9 son entreprise, Air Melan\u00e7on, qui comptait \u00e0 un certain moment une flotte de six appareils, en plus de ses trois pourvoiries. En fondant cette compagnie, M. Melan\u00e7on souhaitait rendre accessible \u00ab l'arri\u00e8re-pays qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois \u00bb, \u00ab d\u00e9mystifier l'avion et le vol de brousse \u00bb et \u00ab faire d\u00e9couvrir les tr\u00e9sors [...] dont rec\u00e8lent les for\u00eats qu\u00e9b\u00e9coises \u00bb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1609050\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mes coll\u00e8gues du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois se joignent \u00e0 moi afin de transmettre nos plus sinc\u00e8res condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 sa famille et \u00e0 ses tr\u00e8s chers amis.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/10/5/johanne-deschamps-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/johanne-deschamps/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1482/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2877365",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "R\u00e9al Melan\u00e7on",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/10/5/",
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}
}