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{
"time": "2018-10-16 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014James Bay, NDP)",
"fr": "M. Charlie Angus (Timmins\u2014Baie James, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5582590\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the New Democratic Party, I rise today to pay tribute to a true hero, Steven Fobister Sr. of Grassy Narrows, an elder, former chief, former grand chief of Treaty No. 3 and a fighter for justice his whole life.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5582591\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Steve fought against the poisoning of his people and the destruction of their way of life. He fought against the cover-ups of the corporate crimes on the Wabigoon and English river system. He fought against the darkness or mercury poisoning, even though he lived with and died from mercury poisoning.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5582592\" data-originallang=\"en\">Steve loved his people and their long history of independence and he promised that justice would be done. He led a hunger strike to force the government back to the table. One day the full story of Grassy Narrows will be told. Let it not be about the pusillanimous acts of institutions like Parliament but about a people who were determined to rebuild and live better. In that story, Steve Fobister will live large.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5582593\" data-originallang=\"en\">Go to the angels, Steve. Justice will be done.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5582590\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, j'interviens aujourd'hui pour rendre hommage, au nom du Nouveau Parti d\u00e9mocratique, \u00e0 un vrai h\u00e9ros, Steven Fobister p\u00e8re, de Grassy Narrows, un a\u00een\u00e9, un ancien chef, un ancien grand chef du Grand conseil du Trait\u00e9 n<sup>o</sup> 3 qui s'est battu toute sa vie pour la justice.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5582591\" data-originallang=\"en\">Steve s'est battu contre l'empoisonnement de son peuple et la destruction de son mode de vie. Il s'est battu contre les magouilles corporatives visant \u00e0 cacher la contamination criminelle du r\u00e9seau fluvial Wabigoon-English. Il s'est battu contre les t\u00e9n\u00e8bres ou la contamination au mercure, m\u00eame s'il avait \u00e9t\u00e9 intoxiqu\u00e9 au mercure et qu'il en est mort.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5582592\" data-originallang=\"en\">Steve aimait son peuple et sa longue histoire d'ind\u00e9pendance et il a promis que justice serait faite. Il a fait la gr\u00e8ve de la faim pour obliger le gouvernement \u00e0 reprendre les discussions. Un jour, on saura vraiment ce qui s'est pass\u00e9 \u00e0 Grassy Narrows. Faisons fi de la pusillanimit\u00e9 d'institutions comme le Parlement et parlons plut\u00f4t d'un peuple d\u00e9termin\u00e9 \u00e0 reconstruire et \u00e0 vivre mieux. Quand cette histoire sera cont\u00e9e, Steve Fobister appara\u00eetra tel le h\u00e9ros qu'il est.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5582593\" data-originallang=\"en\">Va rejoindre les anges, Steve. Justice sera faite.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/10/16/charlie-angus-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/charlie-angus/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1434/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10301752",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Steven Fobister Sr.",
"fr": "Steven Fobister p\u00e8re"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/10/16/",
"related": {
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}
}