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{
    "time": "2017-05-04 14:15:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. Harjit S. Sajjan (Minister of National Defence, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. Harjit S. Sajjan (ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"4857771\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, since becoming <a data-HoCid=\"214311\" href=\"/politicians/harjit-s-sajjan/\" title=\"Harjit S. Sajjan\">Minister of National Defence</a>, we took an extensive defence policy into making sure that we looked after our Canadian Armed Forces. That is exactly what we have done. We spoke to Canadians all across this country who had MP consultations to make sure that we have a thorough analysis, to make sure that we have a model that is going to look after our Canadian Armed Forces. I look forward to presenting our new defence policy that is going to look after our troops long into the future.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"4857771\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, depuis que je suis <a data-HoCid=\"214311\" href=\"/politicians/harjit-s-sajjan/\" title=\"Harjit S. Sajjan\">ministre de la D\u00e9fense nationale</a>, le minist\u00e8re a examin\u00e9 la politique de d\u00e9fense de fond en comble pour s'assurer de tenir compte des besoins des Forces arm\u00e9es canadiennes. C'est exactement ce que nous avons accompli. Dans le cadre d'une consultation populaire, nous avons \u00e9cout\u00e9 les Canadiens partout au pays pour \u00eatre certain de faire une analyse approfondie et pour nous assurer d'avoir un mod\u00e8le qui r\u00e9ponde aux besoins de nos militaires. Je suis impatient de pr\u00e9senter la nouvelle politique de d\u00e9fense qui assurera le bien-\u00eatre \u00e0 long terme de nos militaires. </p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2017/5/4/harjit-s-sajjan-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/harjit-s-sajjan/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4399/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "9502437",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions Orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "National Defence",
        "fr": "La d\u00e9fense nationale"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2017/5/4/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2017%2F5%2F4%2F"
    }
}