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speech (house debate) resource
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{
"time": "2012-02-08 14:25:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Peter MacKay (Minister of National Defence, CPC)",
"fr": "L'hon. Peter MacKay (ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"2679751\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canada's position, the Conservative government's position, has always been clear. We do not condone torture. We do not engage in torture as a country. CSIS, its employees and all of our defence security officials are clear on that and they are bound by Canada's laws. Our government expects all of our officials to abide by those laws. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2679752\" data-originallang=\"en\">We will always protect Canada's security and Canada's human interests.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"2679751\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, la position du Canada et du gouvernement conservateur a toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 claire. Nous n'approuvons pas la torture. Nous ne pratiquons pas la torture en tant que pays. Le SCRS, ses employ\u00e9s et tous nos responsables de la d\u00e9fense et de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 le savent tr\u00e8s bien et ils doivent se conformer aux lois canadiennes. Le gouvernement s'attend \u00e0 ce que tous ses fonctionnaires respectent ces lois.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"2679752\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous allons toujours assurer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 du Canada et veiller aux int\u00e9r\u00eats des Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2012/2/8/peter-mackay-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/peter-mackay/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1332/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "6537557",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Public Safety",
"fr": "La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 publique"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2012/2/8/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2012%2F2%2F8%2F"
}
}