Speech (House debate)

{
    "time": "2022-02-28 21:05:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Arif Virani (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Lib.)",
        "fr": "M. Arif Virani (secr\u00e9taire parlementaire de la ministre du Commerce international, de la Promotion des exportations, de la Petite Entreprise et du D\u00e9veloppement \u00e9conomique, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6992185\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Chair, I presume the member opposite would share my view that we have all been quite amazed and share admiration for the courage and strength of the Ukrainian people and for the leadership of their president, President Zelenskyy. When offered an exit strategy out of Ukraine, he responded, \u201cI need ammunition, not a ride\u201d. That was his response to the Americans. That was President Zelenskyy. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6992186\" data-originallang=\"en\">In response to that kind of plea, what we have seen on the side of the Canadian government is that it provided defensive equipment and lethal armaments of $7.8 million, and just today the minister announced that 100 anti-tank weapons and 2,000 rockets were being provided. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6992187\" data-originallang=\"en\">I know the member opposite is a defence critic and very knowledgeable on this file. Can he comment on what that kind of lethal aid provision represents as a precedent for Canada and how it bodes for Canadian future military policy in aid of our allies around the world fighting against bold-faced aggressors engaging in unlawful acts, such as Vladimir Putin?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6992185\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le pr\u00e9sident, je pr\u00e9sume que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face est d'accord avec moi pour dire que nous sommes tous \u00e9pat\u00e9s par le courage et la force du peuple ukrainien et avons tous une grande admiration pour le leadership du pr\u00e9sident Zelensky. Lorsque les \u00c9tats\u2011Unis lui ont offert une strat\u00e9gie de sortie de l'Ukraine, il a r\u00e9pondu: \u00ab Pas besoin d\u2019\u00e9vacuation, donnez-moi des munitions! \u00bb C'est ce qu'a dit le pr\u00e9sident Zelensky.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6992186\" data-originallang=\"en\">En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 ce genre d'appel, le gouvernement du Canada a fourni une valeur de 7,8 millions de dollars de mat\u00e9riel de d\u00e9fense et d'armes l\u00e9tales. Pas plus tard qu'aujourd'hui, la ministre a annonc\u00e9 la fourniture de 100 armes antichars et de 2 000 roquettes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6992187\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je sais que le d\u00e9put\u00e9 d'en face est porte-parole de son parti en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9fense et qu'il conna\u00eet tr\u00e8s bien le dossier. Que pense-t-il du pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent que cr\u00e9e le Canada en fournissant un tel soutien l\u00e9tal et de ce que cela laisse pr\u00e9sager pour la politique militaire du Canada dans le futur en ce qui a trait \u00e0 la prestation d'aide \u00e0 nos alli\u00e9s partout dans le monde qui se battent contre des agresseurs qui ont l'audace de commettre des actes ill\u00e9gaux, comme le fait Vladimir Poutine?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/2/28/arif-virani-8/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/arif-virani/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4435/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11546938",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Russia's Attack on Ukraine",
        "fr": "L'attaque de la Russie contre l\u2019Ukraine"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/2/28/",
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