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{
    "time": "2022-03-23 14:55:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Hon. M\u00e9lanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)",
        "fr": "L\u2019hon. M\u00e9lanie Joly (ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res, Lib.)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7027171\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, obviously we know Ukraine is at war and that we need to make sure we help Ukraine defend itself. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027172\" data-originallang=\"en\">Now, I have been clear, and the travel advisory on Canada's website is clear, that we need to make sure that, if people are in Ukraine, they need to shelter. At the same time, we have been clear since February 1 that, should Canadians be in Ukraine, they should be leaving the country. We have been clear also that Canadians should not go to Ukraine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027173\" data-originallang=\"en\">That being said, we know this is a personal choice on the part of many Canadians, and I look forward to working with my colleague on this issue.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7027171\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, bien \u00e9videmment, nous savons que l'Ukraine est en guerre et que nous devons l'aider \u00e0 se d\u00e9fendre.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027172\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai dit clairement \u2014 et la recommandation aux voyageurs sur le site Web du Canada l'indique clairement aussi \u2014 que si des gens se trouvent en Ukraine, ils doivent se mettre \u00e0 l'abri. En m\u00eame temps, depuis le 1<sup>er</sup> f\u00e9vrier, nous avons clairement indiqu\u00e9 que si des Canadiens se trouvaient en Ukraine, ils devraient quitter le pays. Nous avons aussi clairement dit que les Canadiens ne devraient pas aller en Ukraine.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7027173\" data-originallang=\"en\">Cela dit, nous savons qu'il s'agit d'un choix personnel pour un grand nombre de Canadiens, et j'ai h\u00e2te de travailler avec mon coll\u00e8gue sur cette question.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/3/23/melanie-joly-1/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/melanie-joly/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4365/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11579272",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Oral Questions",
        "fr": "Questions orales"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Foreign Affairs",
        "fr": "Les affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/3/23/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F3%2F23%2F"
    }
}