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{
"time": "2016-02-18 15:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Brad Trost (Saskatoon\u2014University, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Brad Trost (Saskatoon\u2014University, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4203295\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the member for <a data-HoCid=\"214358\" href=\"/politicians/david-anderson/\" title=\"David Anderson\">Cypress Hills\u2014Grasslands</a> stood in this place and asked what the government is doing to secure the release of Kevin Garratt and his wife Julia. They have been held, now, by Chinese security forces for over a year.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4203296\" data-originallang=\"en\">What did the<a data-HoCid=\"214305\" href=\"/politicians/stephane-dion/\" title=\"St\u00e9phane Dion\">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> say in response? He said, \u201cWe have communicated how much we disagree with the situation...\u201d.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4203297\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am not sure that the minister's bureaucratic tone is grabbing the attention of the Chinese.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4203298\" data-originallang=\"en\">When is the <a data-HoCid=\"214305\" href=\"/politicians/stephane-dion/\" title=\"St\u00e9phane Dion\">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a> going to make the Garratts' release a priority?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4203295\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le d\u00e9put\u00e9 de <a data-HoCid=\"214358\" href=\"/politicians/david-anderson/\" title=\"David Anderson\">Cypress Hills\u2014Grasslands</a> a demand\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre ce que faisait le gouvernement pour faire rel\u00e2cher Kevin Garratt et sa femme, Julia, qui sont retenus prisonniers par les forces de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 chinoises depuis plus d'un an.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4203296\" data-originallang=\"en\">Qu'a r\u00e9pondu le <a data-HoCid=\"214305\" href=\"/politicians/stephane-dion/\" title=\"St\u00e9phane Dion\">ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res</a>? Que \u00ab [n]ous av[i]ons signal\u00e9 [...] notre forte d\u00e9sapprobation au sujet de la situation [...] \u00bb.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4203297\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je suis loin d'\u00eatre convaincu que le ton bureaucratique du ministre a su retenir l'attention des Chinois.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4203298\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand le <a data-HoCid=\"214305\" href=\"/politicians/stephane-dion/\" title=\"St\u00e9phane Dion\">ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res</a> va-t-il faire de la remise en libert\u00e9 des Garratt une priorit\u00e9?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/2/18/bradley-trost-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/bradley-trost/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4315/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8797493",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Foreign Affairs",
"fr": "Les affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/2/18/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F2%2F18%2F"
}
}