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{
"time": "2016-04-22 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Carleton, CPC)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Pierre Poilievre (Carleton, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4291406\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, this place is always changing. People come and go, dramas flare up and flame out, and stars are born and then fall with the speed of light. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4291407\" data-originallang=\"en\">Over 12 years, five elections, seven offices, and three prime ministers, the one constant for me through it all has been my correspondence director of over a decade, Lucille Pakalnis. In that role, she has helped me respond to over 400,000 letters. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4291408\" data-originallang=\"en\">It will shock the House to learn that not all of them had nice things to say about me, yet despite the occasional tough customer, Lucille has literally never been in a bad mood\u2014forever the happy warrior, never an unkind word about a colleague, and always there for the team. Because of Lucille, when I knocked on thousands of doors in the last election, not a single person told me that we had not responded to his or her letter. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4291409\" data-originallang=\"en\">As she moves on to the next phase of her career and her life, I ask all members to join with me in thanking her for over a decade of service to Parliament and all Canadians.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4291406\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le Parlement change constamment. Des gens arrivent et partent, des drames \u00e9clatent et s'\u00e9teignent, des \u00e9toiles naissent, puis tombent \u00e0 la vitesse de la lumi\u00e8re.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4291407\" data-originallang=\"en\">En 12 ans, j'ai v\u00e9cu cinq \u00e9lections, eu sept bureaux et connu trois premiers ministres. Durant tout ce temps, une personne a incarn\u00e9 la continuit\u00e9 et la stabilit\u00e9 \u00e0 mes c\u00f4t\u00e9s: c'est la directrice de mon service de correspondance depuis plus de 10 ans, Lucille Pakalnis. Elle m'a aid\u00e9 \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 plus de 400 000 lettres.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4291408\" data-originallang=\"en\">La Chambre sera stup\u00e9fi\u00e9e d'apprendre que ces lettres n'\u00e9taient pas toutes tendres \u00e0 mon \u00e9gard; n\u00e9anmoins, m\u00eame si on avait parfois affaire \u00e0 des durs \u00e0 cuire, Lucille a toujours gard\u00e9 sa bonne humeur. C'\u00e9tait la joyeuse combattante qui n'avait jamais un mot d\u00e9sagr\u00e9able pour ses coll\u00e8gues et qui \u00e9tait toujours l\u00e0 pour l'\u00e9quipe. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 elle, quand j'ai frapp\u00e9 \u00e0 des milliers de portes lors de la derni\u00e8re campagne \u00e9lectorale, personne ne m'a dit que nous n'avions pas r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 sa lettre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"4291409\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lucille passe \u00e0 une nouvelle \u00e9tape de sa carri\u00e8re et de sa vie. Je demande \u00e0 tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s de se joindre \u00e0 moi pour la remercier de ses 10 ann\u00e9es de service au Parlement et \u00e0 tous les Canadiens.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2016/4/22/pierre-poilievre-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-poilievre/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4214/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "8881787",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Lucille Pakalnis",
"fr": "Lucille Pakalnis"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2016/4/22/",
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}
}