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{
    "time": "2022-04-05 16:50:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)",
        "fr": "M. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)"
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7060012\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060013\" data-originallang=\"fr\">NATO is asking its members to allocate 2% of their GDP to military spending. That is the subject of today's motion.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060014\" data-originallang=\"fr\">However, another international organization, the UN, has also proposed that wealthy countries such as Canada allocate the equivalent of 0.7% of their GDP to the international development of impoverished countries. Under the Liberals, this percentage is 0.27%, but it was 0.32% under the Stephen Harper government. This percentage is now lower with the Liberals in power, even though they boast that they are champions of international aid. That is just laughable.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060015\" data-originallang=\"fr\">The Conservatives say that we must agree to the request of an organization to which we belong. In this case, it is the NATO request concerning military spending.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060016\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Do they support the UN request for international aid? In my opinion, they go hand in hand.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7060012\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, je remercie mon coll\u00e8gue de son discours. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060013\" data-originallang=\"fr\">L\u2019OTAN demande \u00e0 ses membres de consacrer 2 % de leur PIB aux d\u00e9penses militaires. C\u2019est l'objet de la motion d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060014\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Toutefois, une autre organisation internationale, l'ONU, a elle aussi fait une demande, soit que les pays riches comme le Canada consacrent l\u2019\u00e9quivalent de 0,7 % de leur PIB au d\u00e9veloppement international des pays appauvris. Pour l\u2019instant, ce pourcentage est de 0,27 % avec les lib\u00e9raux, alors qu'il \u00e9tait de 0,32 % sous le gouvernement de Stephen Harper. Ce pourcentage est donc plus bas maintenant que les lib\u00e9raux sont au pouvoir, et pourtant, ces derniers se vantent d\u2019\u00eatre les champions de l\u2019aide internationale. C'est assez risible. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060015\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Les conservateurs disent qu\u2019il faut acquiescer \u00e0 la demande d\u2019une organisation dont nous faisons partie. Dans ce cas-ci, il s'agit de la demande de l\u2019OTAN relativement aux d\u00e9penses militaires.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7060016\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Alors, est-ce qu\u2019ils appuient la demande de l\u2019ONU relative \u00e0 l\u2019aide internationale? Selon moi, l\u2019une ne va pas sans l\u2019autre.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/debates/2022/4/5/alexis-brunelle-duceppe-2/",
    "politician_url": "/politicians/alexis-brunelle-duceppe/",
    "politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4501/",
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "11616366",
    "h1": {
        "en": "Government Orders",
        "fr": "Ordres \u00e9manant du gouvernement"
    },
    "h2": {
        "en": "Business of Supply",
        "fr": "Travaux des subsides"
    },
    "h3": {
        "en": "Opposition Motion\u2014Spending on national defence",
        "fr": "Motion de l'opposition \u2014 Les d\u00e9penses en mati\u00e8re de d\u00e9fense nationale"
    },
    "document_url": "/debates/2022/4/5/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fdebates%2F2022%2F4%2F5%2F"
    }
}