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{
"time": "2009-11-06 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Kevin Sorenson (Crowfoot, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1682715\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, members of Parliament will be returning to their constituencies to attend many different Veterans' Week ceremonies.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682716\" data-originallang=\"en\">In my riding of Crowfoot, Government of Canada Remembrance Day wreaths will be laid in 21 communities as we gather together to express a sincere thank you to the generations of men and women who have worn our country's uniform, who have defended our way of life and made Canada strong, free and proud.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682717\" data-originallang=\"en\">We acknowledge the contributions that ordinary Canadians have made in two great wars, in Korea, on peacekeeping missions, on military operations and in Afghanistan today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682718\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canadian soldiers are the best in the world. They are the best trained, the most disciplined and the most professional.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682719\" data-originallang=\"en\">We live in a country blessed with peace, a country built on the values of generosity, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682720\" data-originallang=\"en\">During Veterans' Week we thank our men and women in uniform, past and present, for their sacrifice.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682721\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lest we forget.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1682715\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, les d\u00e9put\u00e9s vont retourner dans leur circonscription pour assister \u00e0 de nombreuses c\u00e9r\u00e9monies marquant la Semaine des anciens combattants.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682716\" data-originallang=\"en\">Dans ma circonscription, Crowfoot, des couronnes offertes par le gouvernement du Canada pour comm\u00e9morer le jour du Souvenir seront d\u00e9pos\u00e9es dans 21 collectivit\u00e9s alors que nous nous rassemblerons pour exprimer nos remerciements sinc\u00e8res aux g\u00e9n\u00e9rations d'hommes et de femmes qui ont port\u00e9 l'uniforme de notre pays, qui ont d\u00e9fendu notre mode de vie et ont fait du Canada un pays fort, libre et fier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682717\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous reconnaissons la contribution de nos concitoyens lors de deux grandes guerres, en Cor\u00e9e, dans des missions de maintien de la paix et dans les interventions militaires actuelles, notamment en Afghanistan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682718\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les soldats canadiens se sont distingu\u00e9s et r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9s les meilleurs au monde. Ce sont les mieux entra\u00een\u00e9s, les plus disciplin\u00e9s, les plus professionnels.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682719\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous vivons dans un pays qui a la chance d'\u00eatre en paix, un pays qui repose sur les valeurs que sont la g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9, la d\u00e9mocratie, les droits de la personne et la primaut\u00e9 du droit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682720\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au cours de la Semaine des anciens combattants, nous remercions de leurs sacrifices nos compatriotes, hommes et femmes, qui portent l'uniforme et ceux qui l'ont port\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1682721\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous nous souviendrons d'eux.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/11/6/kevin-sorenson-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/kevin-sorenson/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1244/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2944456",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Veterans' Week",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/11/6/",
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}