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House Hansard - 21

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Feb/1/22 5:19:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I first want to congratulate my esteemed colleague for his down-to-earth speech. When I listen to him, I understand why we often agree despite our fundamental differences of opinion, in particular about the future of Quebec. My colleague spoke about several subjects that I would also like to address, but I will focus on cell tower coverage. He told us about an emergency where someone had to climb a tree to call 911. They were lucky. In one area of my riding, in Saint‑Édouard‑de‑Maskinongé, there was one unfortunate death that occurred because of the lack of cell service. There is also a problem in the Lac-Souris area. Even people in the Pointe-du-Lac area in Trois‑Rivières have poor cell coverage. That is unacceptable. I believe that we should create a specific program to address the issue of funding for cell towers once and for all so we can eliminate dead zones in cellular coverage. I would like to hear what my colleague has to say about that. Does he believe that we could work together to move this file forward?
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Feb/1/22 5:52:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I commend my colleague on his speech. He spoke a lot about social housing and the major housing crisis. We know significant investments are needed. However, there are delicate jurisdictional issues at play in these areas. Would my colleague agree with the idea of transferring a large amount of money to the provinces and Quebec so that they can quickly start building a significant number of social housing units?
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Feb/1/22 6:06:59 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I like my colleague's style and eloquence. It is always welcome. I would like to come back to the part of his speech where he talked about the etymology of the word “promise”, meaning to send something forward. Does he think that is what the Liberal Party is doing when it keeps making promises that it does not keep? Take for example the promise of high-frequency rail. I would like my colleague to give us the benefit of his background as an ethicist and tell us the impact this has on this government's credibility moving forward.
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