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House Hansard - 8

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 8 - Dec/1/21
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Dec/1/21 2:30:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, many educational institutions in Quebec want to welcome francophone students from Africa. Thousands of French-speaking African students want to attend schools in Quebec in full compliance with the rules. Unfortunately, Canadian immigration services reject them over 80% of the time. This rate is out or line with the rejection rate for students of any other origin, and the pretext given is that African students may not want to return home when they are done. Those are some serious accusations, a form of discrimination that should not be tolerated. It is harmful to our exchanges and to development in Africa. Will the Prime Minister raise the matter with immigration services?
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Context: House Hansard - 8 - Dec/1/21
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Dec/1/21 2:32:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, those were some nice empty words. The real impact, which is still happening today, is that the government is hurting French, it is hurting educational institutions in Quebec, it is hurting francophone Africa and it is hurting those students. Eighty percent of them are being rejected. That is discrimination. Do I understand correctly that the Prime Minister is describing the behaviour of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada as systemic racism?
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