Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2011-09-26 11:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Jack Harris",
        "fr": "M. Jack Harris"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2474617\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, events are moving very fast in Libya. As the parliamentary secretary knows, the most recent reports refer to 400 or 500 cars per day of civilians fleeing that area. I have seen pictures on BBC News of shelling of Sirte by the forces of the NTC. I am not sure how accurate those are. No doubt civilians are going to flee the areas. There is no question that civilians are in danger as long as the civil war continues. The danger, however, is rather limited to the activity that can be perpetrated if the Gadhafi forces are not in a position to attack anyone. We are not playing a role in the civil war. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2474618\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am not talking so much about the fact that that resolution 1973 continues. I am talking about Canada's involvement and what Canada should be doing, whether we should be continuing our efforts or refocusing them on what we think Canada is good at doing. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2474619\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am not saying we are not good at doing military work. We have done more than our share, more than every country in the world with the exception of the once superpowers of France, United States and Great Britain. The question is what is Canada's role? Canada has a lot more to offer than what it has done so far and we think the focus should change to that.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2474617\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les \u00e9v\u00e9nements se succ\u00e8dent rapidement en Libye. Comme le secr\u00e9taire parlementaire le sait, aux derni\u00e8res nouvelles, 400 \u00e0 500 v\u00e9hicules civils quittent la r\u00e9gion tous les jours. J\u2019ai vu sur la cha\u00eene BBC News des images du bombardement de Syrte par les forces du CNT. Je ne sais pas \u00e0 quel point on peut s\u2019y fier, mais il n\u2019y a pas de doute que les civils fuiront ces secteurs. Bien s\u00fbr, les civils demeureront en danger tant que la guerre civile se poursuivra. Toutefois, si les forces de Kadhafi ne sont plus en mesure d\u2019attaquer, le danger se limite aux combats qui subsistent, et nous ne jouons aucun r\u00f4le dans la guerre civile.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2474618\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne parle pas tant du maintien de la r\u00e9solution 1973, mais plut\u00f4t de la participation du Canada et de ce que le Canada devrait faire, que ce soit poursuivre nos efforts ou les r\u00e9orienter pour nous concentrer davantage sur ce que le Canada r\u00e9ussit bien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2474619\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je ne dis pas que nous r\u00e9ussissons mal les missions militaires, mais nous avons fait plus que notre part et plus que tout autre pays du monde \u00e0 l\u2019exception des anciennes superpuissances que sont la France, les \u00c9tats-Unis et la Grande-Bretagne. La question est de savoir quel est le r\u00f4le du Canada. Nous avons beaucoup plus \u00e0 offrir que ce que nous avons fait jusqu\u2019\u00e0 maintenant. \u00c0 notre avis, le Canada devrait r\u00e9orienter ses efforts en ce sens.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2011/9/26/jack-harris-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/jack-harris/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1063/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "4284664",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Libya",
        "fr": "La Libye"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2011/9/26/",
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}