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{
    "time": "2016-02-19 11:45:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew\u2014Nipissing\u2014Pembroke, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Cheryl Gallant (Renfrew\u2014Nipissing\u2014Pembroke, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4205574\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, the families of soldiers well remember the 2002 friendly fire incident when U.S. jets fired on Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, killing four of them. Our CF-18s would have known they were Canadian boots on the ground, and now we are back to relying on other countries for air cover.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4205575\" data-originallang=\"en\">What did the minister mean yesterday when he said that our special forces in Iraq needed anti-armour? Did he withdraw the CF-18s before putting necessary protection in place for our soldiers on the ground?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4205574\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, les familles des soldats se souviennent fort bien de l'incident de tir ami survenu en 2002. Les avions de chasse des \u00c9tats-Unis avaient alors fait feu sur des soldats canadiens en Afghanistan, tuant quatre d'entre eux. Les pilotes de CF-18 canadiens auraient su qu'il y avait des militaires canadiens sur le terrain. Maintenant, nous devons une fois de plus nous en remettre aux autres pays pour ce qui est de la protection a\u00e9rienne.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4205575\" data-originallang=\"en\">Qu'est-ce que le ministre voulait dire hier lorsqu'il a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que nos forces sp\u00e9ciales en Irak avaient besoin d'armes antiblind\u00e9s? A-t-il retir\u00e9 les CF-18 avant de mettre en place les mesures de protection n\u00e9cessaires aux soldats canadiens sur le terrain?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2016/2/19/cheryl-gallant-6/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/cheryl-gallant/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1416/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "8800811",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Defence",
        "fr": "La d\u00e9fense nationale"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2016/2/19/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2016%2F2%2F19%2F"
    }
}