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{
"time": "2009-12-04 11:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mrs. Bonnie Crombie (Mississauga\u2014Streetsville, Lib.)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1753140\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the fact that the Conservatives have let Canada's relationship with China fall apart these last four years has rightly received a lot of attention this week.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1753141\" data-originallang=\"en\">They claim they were dragging their heels on China because they wanted to see more progress on human rights. The reality is the Conservatives have made very little progress on human rights or anything else.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1753142\" data-originallang=\"en\">With this week's trade mission, do they now admit that the best way to improve both Canada's trade mission with China and enhance their commitment to human rights is to engage with China directly and consistently at the political level?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1753140\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le fait que les conservateurs aient laiss\u00e9 les relations entre le Canada et la Chine se d\u00e9t\u00e9riorer ces quatre derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es a re\u00e7u \u00e0 juste titre beaucoup d'attention cette semaine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1753141\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les conservateurs affirment qu'ils ont r\u00e9duit l'emphase sur les relations avec la Chine parce qu'ils voulaient que le dossier des droits de la personne y progresse. En fait, les conservateurs ont fait eux-m\u00eames tr\u00e8s peu de progr\u00e8s dans le domaine des droits de la personne, comme dans tout le reste.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1753142\" data-originallang=\"en\">Avec la mission \u00e9conomique de cette semaine, admettront-ils que le meilleur moyen de stimuler les relations commerciales avec la Chine et d'obtenir des progr\u00e8s \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard des droits de la personne consiste \u00e0 entretenir des discussions directes et suivies au niveau politique avec ce pays?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/12/4/bonnie-crombie-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bonnie-crombie/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1000/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3000021",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canada-China Relations",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/12/4/",
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}