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{
"time": "2009-12-03 14:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Peter MacKay (Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1747935\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, nothing was ignored. We had military officials and, obviously, Department of Foreign Affairs officials working in Afghanistan throughout our time in office and previously. It is through that filter and through that prism that government decisions are taken.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1747936\" data-originallang=\"en\">Here is a news flash for the member opposite. It is not just in Afghan prisons where human rights abuses were taking place, it is not just in those prisons where violence was occurring, but we have stories of Afghans being thrown down wells and beheaded in soccer stadiums. It was one of the worst places in the world. Let us not lose sight of that.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1747937\" data-originallang=\"en\">That is why we are there. That is why we are trying to help and improve the people's rights in that country. That is a news flash for the hon. member.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1747935\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, cela n'a absolument pas \u00e9t\u00e9 le cas. Durant l'exercice de nos fonctions et avant, nous avions des officiers militaires et naturellement aussi des hauts fonctionnaires du minist\u00e8re des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res qui travaillaient en Afghanistan. C'est \u00e0 partir de ce filtre et de ce prisme que le gouvernement prend ses d\u00e9cisions.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1747936\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au cas o\u00f9 la d\u00e9put\u00e9e d'en face ne le saurait pas, ce n'est pas seulement dans les prisons afghanes qu'on violait les droits de la personne, ce n'est pas seulement dans ces prisons qu'il y avait de la violence, on sait aussi qu'on jetait des Afghans au fond de puits ou qu'on en d\u00e9capitait dans des stades de soccer. C'\u00e9tait un des pires endroits au monde, ne l'oublions pas.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1747937\" data-originallang=\"en\">C'est pour cela que nous y sommes. C'est pour cela que nous essayons d'aider ce pays et d'am\u00e9liorer les droits de ses habitants. Je tenais \u00e0 en informer la d\u00e9put\u00e9e.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/12/3/peter-mackay-8/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peter-mackay/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1332/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2997281",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Afghanistan",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/12/3/",
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}