Speech (House debate)

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{
    "time": "2009-12-09 14:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Peter MacKay (Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic Gateway, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1767552\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I will never apologize for standing beside the brave men and women of our professional civil service and the brave men and women in the Canadian Forces. I stand beside them. I support them, as do members of this government. They perform their duties marvellously. Without exception they have been ethical in the conduct of their duties. We support them in each and every way, and we will continue to do so.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1767552\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je ne m'excuserai jamais d'appuyer les hommes et femmes remarquables de notre fonction publique et de nos Forces canadiennes. Tout comme les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de notre gouvernement, je les appuie et je les soutiens. Ils s'acquittent merveilleusement bien de leurs fonctions. Ils ont tous, sans exception, r\u00e9alis\u00e9 leurs t\u00e2ches de mani\u00e8re \u00e9thique. Nous les appuyons de toutes les fa\u00e7ons possibles, et nous continuerons de le faire.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/12/9/peter-mackay-12/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/peter-mackay/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1332/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3011159",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Afghanistan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/12/9/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F12%2F9%2F"
    }
}