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{
"time": "2026-01-29 11:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "John-Paul Danko (Hamilton West\u2014Ancaster\u2014Dundas, Lib.)",
"fr": "John-Paul Danko (Hamilton-Ouest\u2014Ancaster\u2014Dundas, Lib.)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9124632\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, today I rise to remember Private Mark Anthony Graham and to honour the 40,000 Canadians who fought with NATO in Afghanistan. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9124633\" data-originallang=\"en\">Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States of America invoked NATO's article 5 for the first time in history, calling America's allies to their collective defence. Canada answered that call. Private Mark Anthony Graham was a Canadian soldier. He was an Olympic athlete, a graduate of Sir Allan MacNab Secondary School in my riding, and a role model to young Canadians.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9124634\" data-originallang=\"en\">On September 4, 2006, Private Graham was killed fighting on the front line with NATO during Operation Medusa in Afghanistan. The recent comments by the American President claiming NATO forces were not on the front lines dishonour the memory of Canadians like Private Graham who gave their lives in defence of our American allies. We owe it to our veterans to speak the truth and to honour their service with respect and remembrance.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9124632\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, je prends la parole aujourd'hui pour rendre hommage au soldat Mark Anthony Graham et aux 40 000 Canadiens qui ont combattu avec l'OTAN en Afghanistan.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9124633\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c0 la suite des attaques terroristes du 11 septembre, les \u00c9tats\u2011Unis ont invoqu\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois l'article 5 de l'OTAN, appelant leurs alli\u00e9s \u00e0 les d\u00e9fendre collectivement. Le Canada a r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 cet appel. Mark Anthony Graham \u00e9tait parmi les soldats canadiens; il \u00e9tait un athl\u00e8te olympique, un dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l'\u00e9cole secondaire Sir Allan MacNab \u2014 dans ma circonscription \u2014 et un mod\u00e8le pour les jeunes Canadiens.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9124634\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le 4 septembre 2006, le soldat Graham a \u00e9t\u00e9 tu\u00e9 alors qu'il combattait sur la ligne de front dans le cadre de l'op\u00e9ration Medusa de l'OTAN, en Afghanistan. Les r\u00e9centes d\u00e9clarations du pr\u00e9sident des \u00c9tats\u2011Unis selon lesquelles les forces de l'OTAN n'\u00e9taient pas sur la ligne de front d\u00e9shonorent la m\u00e9moire de Canadiens comme le soldat Graham qui ont donn\u00e9 leur vie pour d\u00e9fendre nos alli\u00e9s am\u00e9ricains. Nous devons aux anciens combattants de dire la v\u00e9rit\u00e9, d'honorer les services qu'ils ont rendus, de les respecter et de ne pas les oublier.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/1/29/john-paul-danko-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/john-paul-danko/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4745/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13322538",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Mark Anthony Graham",
"fr": "Mark Anthony Graham"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/1/29/",
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}