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House Hansard - 8

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 8 - Dec/1/21
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Dec/1/21 2:44:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when the federal government banned irregular border crossings at Roxham Road, asylum seekers began to use other, more perilous routes, even if it meant putting themselves in danger. Something had to be done. What did the government do? Did it suspend the safe third country agreement so that asylum seekers could use regular, secure border crossings? No. Instead, it reopened Roxham Road. It reopened Roxham Road, so we are back to square one with the same situation as before the pandemic. Would the Prime Minister agree that that is not the solution?
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Context: House Hansard - 8 - Dec/1/21
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Dec/1/21 2:45:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have the solution and we are handing it to them. It is quite simple. Article 10.3 of the Safe Third Country Agreement states that the Prime Minister may unilaterally suspend the agreement for up to three months and renew this suspension for as long as necessary without asking for anyone's permission. It is safe for the asylum seekers, reassuring for Canadians, and it takes the pressure off Quebec, which, by the way, manages 97% of irregular asylum claims in Canada. Will the Prime Minister suspend the agreement instead of reopening Roxham Road and winding up with the same old problem?
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Context: House Hansard - 8 - Dec/1/21
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Dec/1/21 8:53:04 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, the forestry and lumber industry is critically important to my region and to Quebec. If we look around, we are surrounded by wood. Everything I touch here is made of wood. If wood is so important to the Liberal government, can my colleague explain why the federal strategy for oil and gas from 2018 to 2020 was allocated $14 billion a year, but the federal strategy for Quebec's forestry industry only got $71 million?
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Context: House Hansard - 8 - Dec/1/21
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Dec/1/21 10:15:23 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we must be serious and continue the debate. I absolutely agree with you. We know that the pulp and paper industry is struggling. I want to thank my colleague from Calgary Skyview, because I heard that during the last election campaign, he had a lot of paper flyers produced for both the Liberals and the Conservatives. What do the Liberals propose as a concrete solution to help the pulp and paper industry, aside from producing political flyers?
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