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{
"time": "2024-03-22 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Chandra Arya (Nepean, Lib.)",
"fr": "M. Chandra Arya (Nepean, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"8284884\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madam Speaker, on March 7, the community of Barrhaven woke up to the horrific and gut-wrenching news of six people killed, which included four young children, their mother and a family friend.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8284885\" data-originallang=\"en\">The entire community of the city of Ottawa and beyond shared the grief and rallied to support the injured surviving father of these kids, Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, and the family of Gamini Amarakoon.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8284886\" data-originallang=\"en\">I would like to acknowledge the work and support of the first responders in Ottawa. I would also like to recognize the Sinhalese Canadian community, the Sri Lanka High Commission in Canada, the Hilda Jayewardenaramaya Buddhist Monastery and the Buddhist Congress of Canada for their hard work in supporting the families of those killed.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8284887\" data-originallang=\"en\">May the souls of the deceased rest in peace. </p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"8284884\" data-originallang=\"en\">Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente, le 7 mars, le quartier de Barrhaven a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9veill\u00e9 par l'horrible et bouleversante nouvelle du meurtre de six personnes, soit quatre jeunes enfants, leur m\u00e8re et un ami de la famille. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8284885\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les gens d'Ottawa et d'ailleurs ont partag\u00e9 cette douleur et se sont r\u00e9unis pour soutenir Dhanushka Wickramasinghe, le p\u00e8re bless\u00e9 qui a surv\u00e9cu \u00e0 ses enfants, ainsi que la famille de Gamini Amarakoon.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8284886\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais souligner le travail et le soutien des premiers intervenants d'Ottawa. J'aimerais aussi remercier la communaut\u00e9 cinghalaise du Canada, le haut commissariat du Sri Lanka au Canada, le monast\u00e8re bouddhiste Hilda Jayewardenaramaya et le Congr\u00e8s bouddhiste du Canada pour tout le travail qu'ils ont fait pour soutenir la famille des victimes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"8284887\" data-originallang=\"en\">Que l'\u00e2me des personnes d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9es repose en paix.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2024/3/22/chandra-arya-2/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/chandra-arya/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4210/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "12647739",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Tragedy in Barrhaven",
"fr": "La trag\u00e9die de Barrhaven"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2024/3/22/",
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}
}