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{
    "time": "2009-09-30 15:00:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Lawrence Cannon (Minister of Foreign Affairs, CPC)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1604476\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I will say this clearly and succinctly so that the member will understand. Yes, we are sticking to that motion. Yes, the <a data-HoCid=\"111558\" href=\"/politicians/peter-mackay/\" title=\"Peter MacKay\">Minister of National Defence</a> answered that question previously with the same response that we always give. We are putting an end to our military combat mission by 2011, and that is clear.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1604476\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, ma r\u00e9ponse sera claire et courte pour que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 puisse la comprendre. Oui, nous nous engageons \u00e0 respecter cette motion. Oui, le <a data-HoCid=\"111558\" href=\"/politicians/peter-mackay/\" title=\"Peter MacKay\">ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale</a> a d\u00e9j\u00e0 r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 cette question. Il a dit, comme nous le faisons toujours, que nous allions mettre un terme \u00e0 notre mission de combat militaire d'ici 2011. C'est clair.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2009/9/30/lawrence-cannon-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/lawrence-cannon/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/364/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2872092",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Afghanistan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2009/9/30/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2009%2F9%2F30%2F"
    }
}