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{
"time": "2019-04-09 19:20:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Fran\u00e7ois Choquette",
"fr": "M. Fran\u00e7ois Choquette"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"5856340\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, as I was saying earlier, we had an eat-and-greet this morning with the Assembl\u00e9e francophone de l'Ontario to celebrate Ontario's Francophonie. One of the guests was Lydia Philippe, the new president of the FESFO, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne. She shares our young people's desire to have a future and continue studying in French. That is why we need the French-language university in Ontario.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5856341\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Lydia Philippe is just 17 years old, but she is already very involved and has a vision and ambitions for Canada. She wants to protect Ontario's Francophonie and promote diversity in Canada. We must stand up and show leadership for young people like Lydia. Young people in Ontario and across Canada want our government to take concrete action to give them hope that they will be able to study in French at this French-language university. There are approximately 800,000 francophones in Ontario, but we do not even have one French-language university. That is not right.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"5856340\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, comme je le disais plus t\u00f4t, nous avons eu ce matin un d\u00e9jeuner avec l'Assembl\u00e9e francophone de l'Ontario afin de c\u00e9l\u00e9brer la francophonie ontarienne. Une des invit\u00e9es, Lydia Philippe, est la nouvelle pr\u00e9sidente de la FESFO, la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne. Comme elle, nos jeunes veulent avoir un avenir et continuer \u00e0 \u00e9tudier en fran\u00e7ais. Voil\u00e0 pourquoi cela nous prend une Universit\u00e9 de l'Ontario fran\u00e7ais. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"5856341\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Lydia Philippe a \u00e0 peine 17 ans, mais elle est d\u00e9j\u00e0 tr\u00e8s engag\u00e9e et elle a une vision et des ambitions pour notre pays. Elle veut prot\u00e9ger la francophonie ontarienne et promouvoir notre diversit\u00e9 au Canada. C'est pour des jeunes comme elle qu'il faut se lever et faire preuve de leadership. C'est ce que demandent les jeunes, non seulement en Ontario, mais partout au Canada: des actions concr\u00e8tes de la part de notre gouvernement pour leur donner l'espoir d'\u00e9tudier en fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 cette fameuse Universit\u00e9 de l'Ontario fran\u00e7ais. Il y a environ 800 000 francophones en Ontario, mais il n'y a pas encore une seule universit\u00e9 francophone. Ce n'est pas normal. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2019/4/9/francois-choquette-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/francois-choquette/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4136/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "10566696",
"h1": {
"en": "Adjournment Proceedings",
"fr": "Motion D'Ajournement"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Official Languages",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2019/4/9/",
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}
}