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{
"time": "2013-04-16 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Matthew Kellway (Beaches\u2014East York, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Matthew Kellway (Beaches\u2014East York, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3275998\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am indebted to Boston: my wife; my wedding day; Italian ice at Castle Island with the kids and grandparents; milestones and rhythms of my life, happy ones, because of a beautiful city and people with warm, generous hearts, always lovely and welcoming to this Canadian in love with one of their own. Those hearts are broken today and ours along with them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3275999\" data-originallang=\"en\">To the families and loved ones of those injured, our hope for your recovery. To those whose hearts were silenced yesterday, including eight-year-old Martin Richard, our prayers.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3276000\" data-originallang=\"en\">I was reminded yesterday by a friend from Afghanistan that around the world, it is not terror that is rare but peace. It is a message in chalk on the sidewalk outside little Martin Richard's home in Dorchester. It is in our hearts, surely, but somebody has to turn sidewalk chalk into indelible ink, desire into something more real for this world. That I believe is to us in this House and to our country. May that be our way to honour those who fell in Boston yesterday. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3275998\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je dois beaucoup \u00e0 Boston: mon \u00e9pouse, le jour de mon mariage, les gelato \u00e0 Castle Island en compagnie des enfants et des grands-parents. Il s'agit d'\u00e9v\u00e9nements marquants et heureux qui ont rythm\u00e9 mon existence. Boston est une ville magnifique dont les habitants sont chaleureux et g\u00e9n\u00e9reux. Ils se sont toujours montr\u00e9s charmants et accueillants envers le Canadien que je suis, amoureux de l'une des leurs. Aujourd'hui, ils ont le coeur bris\u00e9, et nous aussi.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3275999\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous adressons nos voeux de prompt r\u00e9tablissement aux bless\u00e9s et notre sympathie \u00e0 leurs familles et \u00e0 leurs proches. Nos pri\u00e8res accompagnent ceux dont le coeur a cess\u00e9 de battre hier, et tout particuli\u00e8rement Martin Richard, qui n'avait que huit ans.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3276000\" data-originallang=\"en\">Un ami d'Afghanistan m'a rappel\u00e9 hier que c'est la paix, non la terreur, qui est rare sur cette plan\u00e8te. C'est d'ailleurs ce mot, paix, qu'on a \u00e9crit \u00e0 la craie devant la maison du jeune Martin Richard, \u00e0 Dorchester. \u00c0 n'en pas douter, la paix nous tient \u00e0 coeur, mais le message doit devenir ind\u00e9l\u00e9bile, et nos aspirations doivent prendre une forme plus tangible dans ce monde. \u00c0 mon avis, c'est \u00e0 la Chambre et au Canada que revient cette t\u00e2che. Puissions-nous rendre ainsi hommage \u00e0 ceux qui sont morts \u00e0 Boston hier.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/4/16/matthew-kellway-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/matthew-kellway/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4071/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7960169",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "2013 Boston Marathon",
"fr": "Le marathon de Boston de 2013"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/4/16/",
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}