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{
"time": "2009-02-25 17:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Blaine Calkins (Wetaskiwin, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1306927\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the member on winning the lottery and having his motion presented here today. I would also like to congratulate the member on the recent addition to his family of his son Xavier. I think that's a wonderful thing, and it is something we have in common. I am hoping that being parents is not all we have in common, but I am starting to wonder.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306928\" data-originallang=\"en\">The hon. member spoke about young people having an opportunity to serve. That is a wonderful thing, engaging the youth of our country and building on their skills and their experiences to make them the leaders of tomorrow.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306929\" data-originallang=\"en\"> He then went on to say that these young people look for opportunities to serve but find out that there is no funding for programs. The turnaround is that it actually sounds more as though they are looking for opportunities for their country to serve them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306930\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am just wondering if the member would like to clarify this in the context of the words of a great former U.S. president, who said, \u201cAsk not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country\u201d. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306931\" data-originallang=\"en\">Through this motion, is the member actually trying to get at a situation through which we are providing an opportunity for Canadians to support our country, or for the country to support Canadians?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1306927\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je voudrais f\u00e9liciter le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'\u00eatre sorti gagnant du tirage au sort et de pouvoir donc proposer cette motion aujourd'hui. Je voudrais aussi f\u00e9liciter le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pour la naissance r\u00e9cente de son fils Xavier. C'est quelque chose de merveilleux et nous avons cela en commun. J'esp\u00e8re qu'\u00eatre p\u00e8re n'est pas la seule chose que nous avons en commun, mais je commence \u00e0 me poser la question. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306928\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a parl\u00e9 de donner aux jeunes l'occasion de servir leur pays. C'est merveilleux de vouloir mobiliser les jeunes de notre pays et de leur permettre d'exploiter leurs comp\u00e9tences et leur exp\u00e9rience afin de devenir les leaders de demain. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306929\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 a poursuivi en disant que ces jeunes cherchent le moyen de servir leur pays, mais s'aper\u00e7oivent qu'il n'y a pas de financement pour cr\u00e9er des programmes. En fait, on a plut\u00f4t l'impression que ces jeunes cherchent le moyen de se faire servir par leur pays. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306930\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je me demande si le d\u00e9put\u00e9 pourrait nous expliquer ce qu'il en est \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re des paroles d'un ancien grand pr\u00e9sident am\u00e9ricain qui a dit: \u00ab Ne vous demandez pas ce que votre pays peut faire pour vous, mais plut\u00f4t ce que vous pouvez faire pour votre pays. \u00bb </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1306931\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le d\u00e9put\u00e9 essaie-t-il, par cette motion, de cr\u00e9er une situation qui permettra aux Canadiens d'aider leur pays, ou plut\u00f4t au Canada d'aider les Canadiens? </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/2/25/blaine-calkins-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/blaine-calkins/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/361/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2619290",
"h1": {
"en": "Private Members' Business",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Youth Voluntary Service",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/2/25/",
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}