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House Hansard - 9

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 2, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 9 - Dec/2/21
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Dec/2/21 10:57:03 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, as everyone knows, before I was elected, I worked at a paper mill in Alma. I would like to send out greetings to my colleagues at the Resolute Forest Products plant. I also want to thank my colleague from Calgary Skyview. I gather that, thanks to him, a lot more paper brochures were produced during the campaign by both Liberals and Conservatives. I really appreciate him doing that. Thanks to him, more political material was printed. Getting back to the throne speech—
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Context: House Hansard - 9 - Dec/2/21
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe
  • Dec/2/21 10:57:55 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I understand. I just wanted to congratulate my colleague on his fine work. Let us come back to the Speech from the Throne. There is no mention of human rights in the speech, even though the Liberals keep telling us that they are the champions of international human rights. I saw that a motion was rejected by the Liberals on Tuesday. They were unable to get it passed, even though the majority of the Liberal caucus was in favour of the motion. When the Prime Minister came to power in 2015 he said he was going to change Canada's international reputation. Personally, all I have seen is someone get dressed up in costume in India. Is that the real answer?
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Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Dec/2/21 1:48:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my hon. colleague on his election and thank him for his speech. Our Conservative colleagues seem to have a problem with oil's place in the throne speech. A few minutes ago, the Conservative member for Lethbridge made a comment that puzzled me a little and left me feeling concerned about my future. She said that a future without oil would entail living naked in the forest. Does my colleague think that an oil-free future means living naked in the forest?
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Context: House Hansard - 9 - Dec/2/21
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Dec/2/21 2:19:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, today is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. I want to take this opportunity to talk about the Uighurs, a people who are victims of slavery. At least 500,000 Uighurs are being forced to work in cotton fields in China. No less than one in five articles of cotton clothing sold in the world is made in part by Uighur slave labour. Yes, I said one in five articles of clothing. Tragically, the Uighurs are being subjected to a genocide, and forced labour and slavery is just one horrific part of that. Despite this, the Government of Canada is bowing to China. Yesterday, it refused to use the Olympic Games to put diplomatic pressure on China to authorize an investigation into the abuses inflicted on Uighurs. Today, I am reaching out to my Liberal colleagues. I know that they are aware of what is going on. I have spoken with them. I know there are many of them who would prefer us to stand up to China. I am calling on them to reflect, because today, on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, their government is sitting on the wrong side of history.
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