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{
"time": "2022-02-10 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Damien Kurek (Battle River\u2014Crowfoot, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Damien Kurek (Battle River\u2014Crowfoot, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6927320\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, it is with a heavy heart that today I rise to honour the memory of one of my constituents.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6927321\" data-originallang=\"en\">Stephen Rayfield was a firefighter from Castor, Alberta, who tragically lost his life this last week while responding to a call. While many run from danger, firefighters run toward it, and Stephen was a shining example of the selflessness that defines those men and women who serve in our fire departments across Canada, departments both big and small. General Norman Schwarzkopf once described courage as being fearful of something and going ahead to do it anyway. Stephen made the choice to serve, even though the conditions that night were treacherous. He served his community, because his community needed a hero.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6927322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Not only did Castor lose a firefighter, but a loving wife also lost her husband and his kids lost their dad. We pray God's blessings and peace for his wife Cheryl and his children as they grieve and navigate this difficult time. Heaven may have gained a hero, but Castor lost a piece of its heart and soul. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6927323\" data-originallang=\"en\">We will never forget.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6927320\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, c'est le c\u0153ur lourd que je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour honorer la m\u00e9moire d'un de mes concitoyens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6927321\" data-originallang=\"en\">Stephen Rayfield est un pompier de Castor, en Alberta, qui a tragiquement perdu la vie la semaine derni\u00e8re, pendant une intervention. Alors que beaucoup de gens fuient le danger, les pompiers s'y pr\u00e9cipitent, et M. Rayfield \u00e9tait un brillant exemple de l'altruisme qui d\u00e9finit les hommes et les femmes qui travaillent dans les services d'incendie, petits et grands, partout au Canada. Le g\u00e9n\u00e9ral Norman Schwarzkopf a d\u00e9crit jadis le courage comme le fait d'avoir peur de quelque chose et d'aller de l'avant et de le faire quand m\u00eame. M. Rayfield a choisi de se mettre au service de ses concitoyens, m\u00eame si les conditions \u00e9taient dangereuses cette nuit-l\u00e0. Il a servi sa collectivit\u00e9, car elle avait besoin d'un h\u00e9ros.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6927322\" data-originallang=\"en\">Non seulement Castor a perdu un pompier, mais une \u00e9pouse aimante a aussi perdu son mari, et ses enfants ont perdu leur p\u00e8re. Que Dieu b\u00e9nisse son \u00e9pouse Cheryl et ses enfants et qu'il leur apporte la paix pendant qu'ils font leur deuil et traversent cette p\u00e9riode difficile. Le ciel a peut-\u00eatre acquis un h\u00e9ros, mais Castor a perdu une partie de son c\u0153ur et de son \u00e2me. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6927323\" data-originallang=\"en\">Nous n'oublierons jamais.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2022/2/10/damien-kurek-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/damien-kurek/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4527/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11511787",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Stephen Rayfield",
"fr": "Stephen Rayfield"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2022/2/10/",
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}
}