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{
"time": "2014-02-11 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Marc Garneau (Westmount\u2014Ville-Marie, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Marc Garneau (Westmount\u2014Ville-Marie, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3567396\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise to honour the life of the late Colonel Bernard (BJ) Finestone of Westmount, Quebec, who passed away in 2013.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567397\" data-originallang=\"en\">BJ, an honorary colonel of the B.C. Dragoons, was decorated for his service as an officer and a tank squadron leader during World War II.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567398\" data-originallang=\"en\">After the war, at home in Montreal, he was ever mindful of the challenges that maintaining a democratic way of life present. As such, he readily put his training and experiences to work wherever and whenever he saw they were needed. In Quebec and in British Columbia, he regularly met with soldiers serving in the Canadian Forces. Security was of utmost concern to BJ.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567399\" data-originallang=\"en\">In uniform or out, he served his country, community and family with distinction.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567400\" data-originallang=\"en\">Canadians are forever grateful for the steadfastness shown by Colonel Finestone in defence of the values of freedom. I am honoured today to pay tribute to his life of service to Canada.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3567396\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'interviens aujourd'hui pour rendre hommage au regrett\u00e9 colonel Bernard Finestone, dit BJ, de Westmount, Qu\u00e9bec, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 en 2013.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567397\" data-originallang=\"en\">BJ, colonel honoraire des B.C. Dragoons, a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cor\u00e9 pour son service en tant qu'officier et commandant d'escadron de chars durant la Deuxi\u00e8me Guerre mondiale.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567398\" data-originallang=\"en\">Apr\u00e8s la guerre, \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, il \u00e9tait toujours soucieux des difficult\u00e9s propres au maintien d'une d\u00e9mocratie. Il mettait donc sa formation et ses exp\u00e9riences \u00e0 profit chaque fois qu'il estimait qu'elles pourraient \u00eatre utiles. Au Qu\u00e9bec et en Colombie-Britannique, il rencontrait r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement les soldats servant dans les Forces canadiennes. La s\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e9tait d'une importance capitale pour BJ.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567399\" data-originallang=\"en\">Il a toujours servi son pays, sa communaut\u00e9 et sa famille avec distinction, autant dans les forces arm\u00e9es qu'en tant que civil.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3567400\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les Canadiens seront \u00e9ternellement reconnaissants au colonel Finestone de sa t\u00e9nacit\u00e9 dans la d\u00e9fense des valeurs de la libert\u00e9. C'est un honneur pour moi de rendre hommage \u00e0 la vie qu'il a pass\u00e9e au service du Canada.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2014/2/11/marc-garneau-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marc-garneau/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1046/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8228629",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Colonel Bernard Finestone",
"fr": "Le colonel Bernard Finestone"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2014/2/11/",
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}
}