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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2009-04-01 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Terence Young (Oakville, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1384991\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today, on Parliament Hill, we are honoured by the presence of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs from across Canada, the national voice for fire services. Many of them have travelled great distances to inform members of Parliament of the successes and challenges of the courageous men and women who, when called upon, put their lives on the line to protect our homes and businesses and save lives.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1384992\" data-originallang=\"en\">Firefighters increasingly face new dangers, such as new building materials that burn hotter and faster, grow ops with hydro bypasses and meth labs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1384993\" data-originallang=\"en\">Of 108,000 firefighters in Canada, 80,000 in smaller, rural and remote communities are unpaid volunteers. Firefighters demonstrate the pioneer spirit of community that allowed our settlers to battle the dangers of isolation and extreme weather to build this nation.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1384994\" data-originallang=\"en\">We salute all of the brave men and women who fight fires from Labrador to Oakville, Ontario, British Columbia and Yukon for their dedication in the greatest tradition of public service and sacrifice.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1384991\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, nous avons aujourd'hui l'honneur d'accueillir, sur la Colline du Parlement, des repr\u00e9sentants de l'Association canadienne des chefs de pompiers, la voix nationale des services d'incendie. Bon nombre de ces repr\u00e9sentants sont venus de loin pour parler aux d\u00e9put\u00e9s des r\u00e9ussites des pompiers et des d\u00e9fis que rel\u00e8vent ces courageux intervenants lorsqu'ils risquent leur vie pour en sauver d'autres et pour prot\u00e9ger nos foyers et nos entreprises. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1384992\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les pompiers sont de plus en plus souvent confront\u00e9s \u00e0 de nouveaux dangers, notamment certains nouveaux mat\u00e9riaux de construction dont la combustion est plus intense et plus rapide, les installations de culture de marijuana avec un dispositif de d\u00e9tournement de l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9 et les laboratoires de m\u00e9thamph\u00e9tamine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1384993\" data-originallang=\"en\">Au Canada, 80 000 des 108 000 sapeurs pompiers sont des b\u00e9n\u00e9voles qui offrent leurs services gratuitement dans de petites localit\u00e9s rurales et \u00e9loign\u00e9es. Les pompiers font preuve de cet esprit communautaire qui a permis aux pionniers de b\u00e2tir le Canada en d\u00e9pit des dangers li\u00e9s \u00e0 l'isolement et aux conditions climatiques extr\u00eames.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1384994\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous saluons le d\u00e9vouement des braves qui luttent contre les incendies, dans la plus pure tradition du service \u00e0 la population et du sacrifice, du Labrador \u00e0 Oakville, en Ontario, et jusqu'en Colombie-Britannique et au Yukon.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/4/1/terence-young-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/terence-young/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1233/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2690690",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/4/1/",
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}