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{
"time": "2018-09-19 14:55:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Irene Mathyssen (London\u2014Fanshawe, NDP)",
"fr": "Mme Irene Mathyssen (London\u2014Fanshawe, NPD)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5525187\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, for over a year, my office has been helping a mother whose son is in the military. Her son has PTSD and, tragically, is also suicidal.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5525188\" data-originallang=\"en\">Despite his serious injury and critical situation, he has been forced to wait for almost a year for his medical claim to be processed by Veterans Affairs. He feels his government has abandoned him, and there are seven others in his unit who feel the same.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5525189\" data-originallang=\"en\">When will the government keep its promise to our veterans and get them the help that they so desperately need?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5525187\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, depuis plus d'un an, mon bureau aide la m\u00e8re d'un militaire. Son fils est atteint du trouble de stress post-traumatique et, comble de malheur, il est \u00e9galement suicidaire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5525188\" data-originallang=\"en\">Malgr\u00e9 sa grave blessure et sa situation critique, il a d\u00fb attendre pr\u00e8s d'un an avant que le minist\u00e8re des Anciens Combattants traite sa demande de prestations pour soins m\u00e9dicaux. Il se sent abandonn\u00e9 par le gouvernement, et sept autres membres de son unit\u00e9 ont la m\u00eame impression.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5525189\" data-originallang=\"en\">Quand le gouvernement tiendra-t-il sa promesse aux anciens combattants en leur fournissant l'aide dont ils ont d\u00e9sesp\u00e9r\u00e9ment besoin?</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2018/9/19/irene-mathyssen-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/irene-mathyssen/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/498/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10245289",
"h1": {
"en": "Oral Questions",
"fr": "Questions Orales"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Veterans Affairs",
"fr": "Les anciens combattants"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2018/9/19/",
"related": {
"document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2018%2F9%2F19%2F"
}
}