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{
"time": "2021-03-23 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)",
"fr": "M. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6577248\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, this past Saturday was the International Day of La Francophonie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6577249\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I want to take this opportunity to underscore the collaboration and friendship between Quebec and the other francophone states around the world. Every March 20, 300 million francophones celebrate the common bond shared by the French-speaking member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. This is one of the only international organizations that treats Quebec as a separate state. I am proud of that fact. This day is an opportunity to connect Quebec's political aspirations with its ability to take on the international role these aspirations entail.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6577250\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Every single day in North America, people speak French as an act of resistance and self-determination. To paraphrase Pierre Bourgault, when we speak French in Parliament, sometimes stubbornly and often on principle, we are protecting our language, sure, but we are also protecting all the languages of the world from the hegemony of one.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6577248\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, samedi dernier, c'\u00e9tait la Journ\u00e9e internationale de la Francophonie.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6577249\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pour l'occasion, je tenais \u00e0 souligner l'importance de la coop\u00e9ration et de l'amiti\u00e9 qui unissent le Qu\u00e9bec et les autres \u00c9tats francophones de la plan\u00e8te. Tous les 20 mars, 300 millions de francophones c\u00e9l\u00e8brent la solidarit\u00e9 qui lie entre eux les peuples d'expression fran\u00e7aise membres de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. C'est l'une des seules organisations internationales o\u00f9 le Qu\u00e9bec est trait\u00e9 comme un \u00c9tat \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re. Cela me rend fier, car ce jour-l\u00e0 est une occasion unique de faire le lien entre les aspirations politiques du Qu\u00e9bec et ses capacit\u00e9s \u00e0 assumer le r\u00f4le international qu'elles impliquent.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6577250\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Chaque jour, ici en Am\u00e9rique du Nord, transmettre et parler le fran\u00e7ais est un acte de r\u00e9sistance et d'autod\u00e9termination. Je vais paraphraser Pierre Bourgault: quand on parle fran\u00e7ais au Parlement, parfois obstin\u00e9ment, souvent par principe, on d\u00e9fend notre langue, oui, mais on d\u00e9fend aussi toutes les langues du monde contre l'h\u00e9g\u00e9monie d'une seule.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2021/3/23/alexis-brunelle-duceppe-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/alexis-brunelle-duceppe/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4501/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11199931",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "International Day of La Francophonie",
"fr": "La Journ\u00e9e internationale de la Francophonie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2021/3/23/",
"related": {
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}
}