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{
    "time": "2018-04-26 12:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mrs. Cathy McLeod (Kamloops\u2014Thompson\u2014Cariboo, CPC)",
        "fr": "Mme Cathy McLeod (Kamloops\u2014Thompson\u2014Cariboo, PCC)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5361462\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, I am going to follow up with a question I asked an NDP member earlier. It is something I have heard somewhat consistently since the motion came up.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361463\" data-originallang=\"en\">It has been asked with all sorts of respect and in puzzlement. People are asking, \u201cDid the Pope not make an apology in 2009?\u201d It is important for people to recognize that what happened in 2009, which was a private audience with a number of first nations people, was very important, but what is happening today has a slightly different request to it. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361464\" data-originallang=\"en\">I am wondering if we can hear the Liberal perspective so that we, including those people who are asking about the apology in 2009, could understand and reflect on what the difference might be.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5361462\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je vais poursuivre avec une question que j\u2019ai pos\u00e9e \u00e0 un d\u00e9put\u00e9 du NPD un peu plus t\u00f4t. Elle concerne quelque chose que j\u2019entends constamment depuis que cette motion a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361463\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Une question a \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9e de fa\u00e7on plus ou moins respectueuse et avec perplexit\u00e9. Les gens demandent: \u00ab Le Pape n\u2019a-t-il pas d\u00e9j\u00e0 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 des excuses en 2009? \u00bb Il faut que les gens comprennent que ce qui s\u2019est produit en 2009, \u00e0 savoir une audience priv\u00e9e entre le pape et un certain nombre de repr\u00e9sentants des Premi\u00e8res Nations, \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s important, mais que ce qui se passe aujourd\u2019hui porte sur une demande l\u00e9g\u00e8rement diff\u00e9rente.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5361464\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Je me demande si nous pouvons entendre le point de vue des lib\u00e9raux afin que nous puissions, y compris les personnes qui s\u2019interrogent au sujet des excuses de 2009, comprendre o\u00f9 se situe la diff\u00e9rence et y r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2018/4/26/cathy-mcleod-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/cathy-mcleod/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1124/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "10084944",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Initiatives Minist\u00e9rielles"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion--Papal Apology on Residential Schools",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Les excuses papales concernant les pensionnats autochtones"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2018/4/26/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F4%2F26%2F"
    }
}