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{
"time": "2018-02-05 14:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Seamus O'Regan (Minister of Veterans Affairs, Lib.)",
"fr": "L'hon. Seamus O'Regan (ministre des Anciens Combattants, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5247660\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I relish every opportunity I can get to stand in the House and compare this government's record over two and a half years to our veterans to the 10 years that the other side had.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5247661\" data-originallang=\"en\">Under our pension for life option, let us take a young corporal who served for six years before becoming severely injured, with mental and physical injuries. He or she would receive nearly $6,000 in financial support each month, partly in recognition of pain and suffering and partly in income replacement. However, a pension for life is about so much more than just money. It is about respect. It is also about receiving up to $40,000 in financial assistance. I could go on.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5247660\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, en ce qui concerne les anciens combattants, je me r\u00e9jouis de toute occasion que j'ai d'intervenir \u00e0 la Chambre pour comparer le bilan des deux ans et demi de travail du pr\u00e9sent gouvernement \u00e0 celui des 10 ans du gouvernement conservateur pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5247661\" data-originallang=\"en\">Prenons le cas d'un jeune caporal qui a servi son pays six ans avant d'\u00eatre gravement bless\u00e9, et on parle de souffrances psychologiques et physiques. Dans le cadre de notre pension \u00e0 vie, il recevrait presque 6 000 $ en aide financi\u00e8re tous les mois, en partie en raison de ses souffrances et en partie comme revenu de remplacement. Pour autant, une pension \u00e0 vie, c'est beaucoup plus que seulement de l'argent. C'est du respect. C'est aussi jusqu'\u00e0 40 000 $ d'aide financi\u00e8re. Je pourrais continuer longtemps.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/2/5/seamus-oregan-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/seamus-oregan/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4354/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "9947777",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Veterans Affairs",
"fr": "Les Anciens Combattants"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/2/5/",
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}
}