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{
"time": "2011-11-03 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. John Carmichael (Don Valley West, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2548729\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today, I stand in this House to recognize a friend and World War II hero, Robert Wilson Wight.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548730\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Wight saw action following D-Day in northern Europe, including Holland, Belgium and Germany. During the war, he served as a platoon commander, a commanding officer in the demolition platoon and as an officer commanding A-Company. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bob left the Canadian army in 1953 as a major and wanted to be remembered as a \u201cfront-line infantry officer in WW II\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548732\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bob and his late wife, Gertrude, were married for 65 years and were proud of their family, who are visiting Ottawa today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bob passed away at the George Hees veterans residence at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in my riding of Don Valley West, and it is no coincidence that he died on June 6, 2011, the 67th anniversary of D-Day.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548734\" data-originallang=\"en\">As we approach Remembrance Day next week, I ask all MPs to join with me in recognizing this great Canadian veteran.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2548729\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour rendre hommage \u00e0 un de mes amis, un h\u00e9ros de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Robert Wilson Wight.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548730\" data-originallang=\"en\">Apr\u00e8s le jour J, M. Wight a combattu dans le Nord de l'Europe, notamment en Hollande, en Belgique et en Allemagne. Pendant la guerre, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 commandant de diff\u00e9rents pelotons, dont le peloton de d\u00e9molition, et commandant de la Compagnie A.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548731\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bob avait le grade de major quand il a quitt\u00e9 les forces arm\u00e9es, en 1953. Il voulait qu'on se souvienne de lui comme d'un \u00ab officier d'infanterie de premi\u00e8re ligne ayant servi pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale \u00bb. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548732\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bob et son \u00e9pouse Gertrude, aujourd'hui d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 mari\u00e9s pendant 65 ans. Ils \u00e9taient tr\u00e8s fiers de leur famille, qui est de passage \u00e0 Ottawa aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548733\" data-originallang=\"en\">Bob est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 la r\u00e9sidence George Hees. Cette r\u00e9sidence pour anciens combattants, qui fait partie du Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, est situ\u00e9e dans ma circonscription, Don Valley-Ouest. Il est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 le 6 juin 2011, date du 67<sup>e</sup> anniversaire du jour J, ce qui n'est s\u00fbrement pas une co\u00efncidence.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2548734\" data-originallang=\"en\">Alors que le jour du Souvenir approche, j'invite tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s \u00e0 se joindre \u00e0 moi pour honorer cet ancien combattant, qui \u00e9tait un grand Canadien.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2011/11/3/john-carmichael-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-carmichael/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4077/",
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"source_id": "4579942",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Robert Wilson Wight",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2011/11/3/",
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}