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{
"time": "2009-09-17 14:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Jason Kenney (Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1595322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Yes, we do, Mr. Speaker. We stand in full solidarity with a coalition of over two dozen cultural communities in Canada that came to this country as refugees from totalitarian communist states, Koreans, Vietnamese, Ukrainians, all of whom remember members of their families and relatives who lost their lives under these systems.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1595323\" data-originallang=\"en\">Unfortunately, I hear heckling from the NDP on this point. We take seriously these crimes. We believe their victims must be remembered and we must teach future generations so these crimes are never again repeated.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1595322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Oui, monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident. Nous sommes enti\u00e8rement solidaires de la coalition de plus d'une vingtaine de communaut\u00e9s culturelles dont les membres ont fui des pays communistes totalitaires pour venir s'\u00e9tablir au Canada comme r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s. Il s'agit entre autres de Cor\u00e9ens, de Vietnamiens et d'Ukrainiens. Tous se souviennent des membres de leur famille ou de proches qui ont perdu la vie sous ces r\u00e9gimes. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1595323\" data-originallang=\"en\">Malheureusement, j'entends le NPD chahuter. Nous prenons ces crimes au s\u00e9rieux. Nous croyons qu'il faut se souvenir des victimes, et, pour cela, nous devons sensibiliser les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures afin que de tels crimes ne se reproduisent plus jamais.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/9/17/jason-kenney-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jason-kenney/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2864893",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Human Rights",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/9/17/",
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}