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"content": "Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have two issues. First, I want to thank the Minister and his staff for a job well done. I also want to thank him for having found it necessary to either construct new embassies or high commissions, or buy residential premises outside there. When you live in a house for more than 15 years, the amount of money you pay is more than the value of that property. So, we are going to save a lot of money in Recurrent Expenditure. That, I think, is the right way to go. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our High Commission in Canada--- We had an opportunity, as a Committee of this House, to visit the High Commission. The situation there was unfortunate. We are talking about a High Commission with people from only two communities. Two communities! In Ottawa, the population of Somalis alone is over 10,000. That is in one City - Ottawa. When we visited that embassy, there was not a single Somali in that embassy. So, I think we need to look into that. Yes, you have done a good job, but you need to look into that. It is wrong to have only two communities working in an embassy, while you have an entire population living there in Ottawa. You need to look into that. If the Minister does that, I think he would be moving in the right direction. Thank you."
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