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{
    "time": "2010-04-01 14:30:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh (Vancouver South, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1846863\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Mr. Anderson spent 20 months on the ground in Kandahar. He testified that the NDS was not a viable partner then, is not a viable partner now and that a real risk of torture still exists.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1846864\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Having met with Cory Anderson, having met with Colvin, having been warned by Colvin and by a series of national and international reports, when will the minister own up to his responsibility for ignoring warnings of torture and, as General Laroche said and wrote, for putting our troops in a difficult position?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1846863\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, M. Anderson a pass\u00e9 20 mois \u00e0 Kandahar. Il a indiqu\u00e9 que la DNS n'a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 un partenaire fiable et qu'il existe encore un risque r\u00e9el de torture.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1846864\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c9tant donn\u00e9 qu'il a rencontr\u00e9 MM. Anderson et Colvin et qu'il a \u00e9t\u00e9 mis en garde par M. Colvin et par nombre de rapports nationaux et internationaux, quand le ministre admettra-t-il qu'il est responsable d'avoir fait fi des avertissements concernant le risque de torture et, comme l'a dit le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Laroche, d'avoir mis nos soldats dans une situation difficile?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2010/4/1/ujjal-dosanjh-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/ujjal-dosanjh/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1296/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "3080103",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Afghanistan",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2010/4/1/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2010%2F4%2F1%2F"
    }
}