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{
"time": "2010-11-19 12:15:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Jean Dorion (Longueuil\u2014Pierre-Boucher, BQ)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2178922\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, the Canadian government's foreign affairs policy on the continent of Africa is becoming more and more obvious: it is giving up and could not care less about it. After removing seven African countries from the priority list for development assistance, the government is now preparing to shut down other embassies in Africa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2178923\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Can the <a data-HoCid=\"128697\" href=\"/politicians/lawrence-cannon/\" title=\"Lawrence Cannon\">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> confirm that no Canadian embassies in Africa will be shut down?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2178922\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la politique \u00e9trang\u00e8re du gouvernement canadien vis-\u00e0-vis du continent africain devient de plus en plus \u00e9vidente: il l'abandonne et s'en d\u00e9sint\u00e9resse cat\u00e9goriquement. Apr\u00e8s avoir retir\u00e9 sept pays africains de la liste prioritaire d'aide publique au d\u00e9veloppement, le gouvernement se pr\u00e9pare \u00e0 fermer d'autres ambassades en Afrique.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2178923\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le <a data-HoCid=\"128697\" href=\"/politicians/lawrence-cannon/\" title=\"Lawrence Cannon\">ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res</a> peut-il nous confirmer qu'aucune ambassade canadienne en Afrique ne cessera ses activit\u00e9s?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2010/11/19/jean-dorion-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/jean-dorion/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "3547632",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Foreign Affairs",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2010/11/19/",
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}