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{
"time": "2012-02-27 14:40:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Laverdi\u00e8re (Laurier-Sainte-Marie, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2714156\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, last year Canada exported $4 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia. In March, Saudi troops helped Bahrain brutally attack unarmed protesters seeking democratic reforms. Canada has an obligation not to export weapons to countries that violate human rights.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2714157\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Will the minister ensure that weapons manufactured in Canada will not be used to commit serious human rights violations?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2714156\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, l'ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, le Canada a export\u00e9 pour 4 milliards de dollars d'armes vers l'Arabie Saoudite. En mars, les militaires saoudiens ont aid\u00e9 le Bahre\u00efn \u00e0 r\u00e9primer brutalement des manifestants non arm\u00e9s qui demandaient des r\u00e9formes d\u00e9mocratiques. Le Canada a l'obligation de ne pas exporter d'armes vers des pays qui violent les droits de la personne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2714157\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Le ministre va-t-il s'assurer qu'aucune arme fabriqu\u00e9e au Canada ne sera utilis\u00e9e pour commettre des violations graves des droits de la personne?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/2/27/helene-laverdiere-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/helene-laverdiere/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4053/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "6732840",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Foreign Affairs",
"fr": "Les affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/2/27/",
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}
}