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{
    "time": "2015-12-08 10:25:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Garnett Genuis",
        "fr": "M. Garnett Genuis"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4172390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, first of all, let me correct the record. The foreign minister for the Kurdish government was in Canada less than two weeks ago and was very clear about his belief that the bombing mission is very important, that the air support provided by western nations is important for helping protect Kurdish and other allied forces on the ground.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4172391\" data-originallang=\"en\">It is strange logic to say that, because ISIS has managed to recruit fighters at the same time as bombing has happened, we should stop bombing and then hopefully recruitment will stop. Let me be clear that the bombing mission has significantly reduced the amount of territory it controls.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4172392\" data-originallang=\"en\">The goal here is to defeat Daesh. That is what we are trying to do, and Canada needs to be part of taking responsibility for that. Once it is defeated, there will be no more recruits.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4172390\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, permettez-moi tout d\u2019abord de remettre les pendules \u00e0 l\u2019heure. Le ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res du gouvernement kurde se trouvait au Canada il y a moins de deux semaines et il en a profit\u00e9 pour affirmer clairement qu\u2019\u00e0 son avis, la mission de bombardement \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s importante, et que le soutien a\u00e9rien assur\u00e9 par les pays occidentaux contribuait grandement \u00e0 prot\u00e9ger les arm\u00e9es kurdes et les autres forces alli\u00e9es au sol.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4172391\" data-originallang=\"en\">C\u2019est un peu fort de caf\u00e9 de pr\u00e9tendre que, parce que l\u2019EIIS a r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 recruter des combattants au m\u00eame moment que se produisaient les bombardements, nous devrions cesser ces bombardements en esp\u00e9rant que ces recrutements cesseront eux aussi. Je tiens \u00e0 pr\u00e9ciser que la mission de bombardement a grandement contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9duire le territoire contr\u00f4l\u00e9 par l\u2019EIIS.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4172392\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Notre objectif est de vaincre Daech. C\u2019est ce que nous essayons de faire, et le Canada doit assumer sa part de responsabilit\u00e9. Une fois que nous aurons vaincu Daech, il n\u2019y aura plus de recrutements.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2015/12/8/garnett-genuis-3/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/garnett-genuis/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4383/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8760875",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Speech From The Throne",
        "fr": "Discours Du Tr\u00f4ne"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply",
        "fr": "Reprise du d\u00e9bat sur l'Adresse en r\u00e9ponse"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2015/12/8/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2015%2F12%2F8%2F"
    }
}