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{
"time": "2015-02-03 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Robert Goguen (Moncton\u2014Riverview\u2014Dieppe, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Robert Goguen (Moncton\u2014Riverview\u2014Dieppe, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3961315\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to the lives of Reuben Cohen and Gilbert Finn, two prominent New Brunswickers who have recently passed away and who made great contributions to my riding and to the province of New Brunswick. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961316\" data-originallang=\"en\">Reuben Cohen was a lawyer, financier, and philanthropist, born in Moncton from eastern European immigrants. Throughout his life he supported the University of Moncton, my alma mater, among others, by enabling its gallery to acquire an important collection of Acadian art. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961317\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Cohen also contributed to the expansion of the YMCA of Greater Moncton, and as chancellor of Dalhousie University, he was instrumental in securing funding for the first Canadian chair in black studies.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961318\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Gilbert Finn was a prominent Acadian. He was a champion of health and education. He was one of the primary advocates for the creation of Moncton's Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre. He also served as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1994 and was the former rector of the University of Moncton.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961319\" data-originallang=\"en\">My thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and families of these two important gentlemen. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3961315\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, \u00e0 l'occasion de leur d\u00e9c\u00e8s, je rends hommage \u00e0 Reuben Cohen et \u00e0 Gilbert Finn, deux grands N\u00e9o-Brunswickois qui ont beaucoup apport\u00e9 \u00e0 ma circonscription et au Nouveau-Brunswick tout entier.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961316\" data-originallang=\"en\">Avocat, financier et philanthrope, Reuben Cohen est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Moncton d'immigrants de l'Europe de l'Est. Tout au long de sa vie, il a entre autres soutenu l'Universit\u00e9 de Moncton, o\u00f9 j'ai moi-m\u00eame \u00e9tudi\u00e9, permettant ainsi \u00e0 sa galerie de faire l'acquisition d'une collection majeure d'art acadien.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961317\" data-originallang=\"en\">M. Cohen a aussi favoris\u00e9 l'agrandissement du YMCA du Grand Moncton. En tant que chancelier de l'Universit\u00e9 Dalhousie, il a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le charni\u00e8re dans l'obtention du financement voulu pour la premi\u00e8re chaire canadienne d'\u00e9tudes des Noirs.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961318\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Gilbert Finn \u00e9tait une importante personnalit\u00e9 acadienne. Il \u00e9tait champion de la sant\u00e9 et de l'\u00e9ducation; il \u00e9tait l'un des principaux d\u00e9fenseurs de la cr\u00e9ation du Centre hospitalier universitaire Dr-Georges-L.-Dumont, \u00e0 Moncton; il a \u00e9galement servi \u00e0 titre de lieutenant-gouverneur du Nouveau-Brunswick de 1987 \u00e0 1994; et il est un des anciens recteurs de l'Universit\u00e9 de Moncton.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3961319\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mes pens\u00e9es et mes pri\u00e8res accompagnent les amis et la famille de ces deux hommes remarquables.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/2/3/robert-goguen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/robert-goguen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4043/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8568206",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Reuben Cohen and Gilbert Finn",
"fr": "Reuben Cohen et Gilbert Finn"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/2/3/",
"related": {
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}
}