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{
"time": "2022-11-16 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Hon. Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Gr\u00e2ce\u2014Westmount, Lib.)",
"fr": "L\u2019hon. Marc Garneau (Notre-Dame-de-Gr\u00e2ce\u2014Westmount, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7424304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, Pascal \u00c9lie was the cartoonist at Le Devoir. He was my neighbour for 10 years. Our houses shared a wall.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7424305\" data-originallang=\"fr\">I watched his two boys grow up. One of his sons played hockey with one of mine, and our families saw each other all the time at the rink. We shared a lot of meals, and we always talked federal, provincial and municipal politics. I really liked his cartoons in Le Devoir because they were amusing and astute without ever being cruel.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7424306\" data-originallang=\"fr\">He was a gentle, refined and highly intelligent man who made us laugh. He also worked for the Montreal Gazette. He spoke both languages and understood both cultures. A neurodegenerative disease took his life in October. I watched him waste away over the course of 10 years, gradually losing control of his body but never complaining.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7424307\" data-originallang=\"fr\">He was courageous and dignified to the end. My condolences to his wonderful family. May he rest in peace. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7424304\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, Pascal \u00c9lie \u00e9tait le caricaturiste au journal <em>Le Devoir</em>. Il fut mon voisin pendant 10 ans. Nos maisons partageaient un mur.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7424305\" data-originallang=\"fr\">J'ai vu grandir ses deux gar\u00e7ons. Un de ses fils et un des miens jouaient au hockey ensemble et nos familles se voyaient constamment \u00e0 la patinoire. Nou avons partag\u00e9 beaucoup de repas ensemble et le sujet \u00e9tait invariablement la politique f\u00e9d\u00e9rale, provinciale ou municipale. J'aimais beaucoup ses caricatures dans <em>Le Devoir</em>, amusantes et pointues sans jamais \u00eatre cruelles.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7424306\" data-originallang=\"fr\">C'\u00e9tait un homme doux, raffin\u00e9 et d'une grande intelligence qui nous a fait rire. Il avait aussi travaill\u00e9 \u00e0 la <em>Gazette</em> de Montr\u00e9al. Il parlait les deux langues et il comprenait les deux cultures. Une maladie neurod\u00e9g\u00e9n\u00e9rative l'a emport\u00e9 en octobre. Je l'avais vu maigrir pendant 10 ans et peu \u00e0 peu perdre le contr\u00f4le de son corps, mais jamais se plaindre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7424307\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 courageux et digne jusqu'\u00e0 la fin. Je lui souhaite de reposer en paix et j'offre mes condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 sa belle famille. </p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/11/16/marc-garneau-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/marc-garneau/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4251/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11920401",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Pascal \u00c9lie",
"fr": "Pascal \u00c9lie"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/11/16/",
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}
}