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House Hansard - 12

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 12 - Dec/7/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Dec/7/21 11:27:49 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, frankly I do not even know where to begin. I was listening to my colleagues and I could see a lot of motivation on their part. Nevertheless, this is not the first war we are getting involved in. We know the consequences of getting involved in a war and the consequences of having people work for us and help us in a country that is not our own. We have known all of this for a long time. We should have planned our involvement from the outset and had a vision of the future for these people; the same goes for when we left the country in 2014. Now where are we? We are improvising, asking for things from people who do not even have access to the Internet, and closing the embassy. Every government is at fault. We have to acknowledge that and review this situation to ensure that it does not happen again. Does my colleague agree that we must examine what happened to ensure that girls, women and children never again starve to death or get killed?
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Context: House Hansard - 12 - Dec/7/21
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Dec/7/21 2:04:21 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Cartier‑Brébeuf Park is in my riding. This park is where Jacques Cartier docked his caravel for his first winter and where he had contact with Donnacona and his community. Therefore, it is a national historic site symbolizing the dialogue between francophones and first nations. It could be an ideal place to introduce schoolchildren to the history of Quebec, but this is not possible since the park is closed during the school year. In the summer, anyone who wants to learn about our history has little in the way of resources. The signs are partly illegible; the reproduction of the caravel has rotted and burned without being rebuilt; the cross that was a reproduction of Cartier's has been so neglected that Parks Canada removed it, with no intention of replacing it. The history between francophones and first nations needs to be highlighted and celebrated through better funding for Cartier‑Brébeuf Park and year-round public access, because Cartier‑Brébeuf Park needs to be more than just a nice, well‑mowed park.
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