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{
"time": "2015-06-04 13:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alain Gigu\u00e8re",
"fr": "M. Alain Gigu\u00e8re"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4139999\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, finding an honourable solution that would help Canada maintain its international reputation as a country that respects human rights would not cost a fortune. We are talking about negligible amounts. A fraction of what the government is spending in Iraq would solve all of our problems. The government would rather go to war in Iraq than transport food within our own country. If there were a famine in Africa, the government would send our air force to transport food by air, but it will not do the same thing for our own people. That is shameful and humiliating. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4140000\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Some of the members here have aboriginal communities in their ridings. I cannot believe that they are not aware of this problem. There are people suffering from starvation. That is obvious. Those members must be deliberately turning a blind eye.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4140001\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I am calling it a genocide because these communities are being refused aid when they are clearly in danger.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4139999\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, avoir une solution honorable, qui ferait que le Canada puisse pr\u00e9server son image internationale de pays respectueux des droits de l'homme, ne co\u00fbterait pas une fortune. On nous parle d'\u00e9pouvantables montants. Une fraction de ce qu'on d\u00e9pense en Irak solutionnerait tous nos probl\u00e8mes. On aime mieux faire la guerre l\u00e0-bas que de transporter de la nourriture ici. S'il y avait une famine en Afrique, on enverrait des avions de notre aviation militaire pour transporter de la nourriture, mais on ne le fait pas pour nos propres citoyens. C'est honteux et humiliant!</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4140000\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Des gens parmi nous ont des communaut\u00e9s autochtones dans leurs comt\u00e9s. Je ne peux pas croire qu'ils ne s'en aper\u00e7oivent pas. Des gens qui souffrent d'inanition, c'est \u00e9vident. Il faut faire preuve d'aveuglement volontaire. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4140001\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Je dis que c'est un g\u00e9nocide par refus de porter assistance \u00e0 des communaut\u00e9s en danger, car on ne peut pas dire qu'elles ne sont pas en danger. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2015/6/4/alain-giguere-5/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alain-giguere/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4060/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8733912",
"h1": {
"en": "Government Orders",
"fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Business of Supply",
"fr": "Travaux des subsides"
},
"h3": {
"en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Nutrition North Canada",
"fr": "Motion de l\u2019opposition \u2014 Le programme Nutrition Nord Canada"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2015/6/4/",
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}
}