Mr. Speaker, as we all know, the government before ours refused to deal with the issue of agent orange for a number of years. This government decided to take action. We are providing an ex gratia payment of $20,000 to these individuals. Just before Christmas, I confirmed that the widows could also receive this payment. And we have extended the deadline by another year. On the contrary, I think that we are concerned about these people.
", "fr": "Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme on le sait, le gouvernement qui nous a pr\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9s a toujours refus\u00e9, pendant nombre d'ann\u00e9es, d'agir quant \u00e0 la question de l'agent Orange. Ce gouvernement a d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de passer \u00e0 l'action. Nous accordons un paiement ex gratia de 20 000 $ \u00e0 ces personnes. Juste un peu avant No\u00ebl, je suis all\u00e9 confirmer que les veuves pourraient b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier aussi de cette somme. Et nous avons prolong\u00e9 le d\u00e9lai d'une autre ann\u00e9e. Je pense qu'au contraire, nous sommes sensibles \u00e0 ces gens.
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