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House Hansard - 21

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Feb/1/22 4:01:38 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I was quite surprised to hear my colleague speak about the Liberals' greenhouse gas emissions. He sounded like he was complaining, even though we know that our Conservative friends are seen as an oil lobby across Canada. I was pleased to hear his comments. The Liberals' efforts to fight climate change have been pathetic. Since coming to power, they have invested an average of $14 billion a year in direct and indirect aid to the oil sector, they have built a pipeline, and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to increase. I am curious to know if my colleague could speak about the Conservative plan to fight greenhouse gas emissions.
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Feb/1/22 4:50:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on her remarkable maiden speech in the House. That is a milestone in the life of a member. I applaud her and also want to commend her on the quality of her French. She spoke at length about women and housing. The two are interrelated. For example, every day a woman in Quebec knocks on the door of a shelter that helps women who are victims of domestic violence and is sent away because of a lack of resources. Last week Scotiabank reported that Quebec was the worst country in the G7 for its average number of housing units per 1,000 inhabitants. We are at 424, and the average is 471. To get to 471, the G7 average, we would have to build 1.8 million housing units in Canada, which would be a huge job. Will my colleague advocate within her party for massive investments in social housing in the coming years? We really need them.
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Context: House Hansard - 21 - Feb/1/22
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Feb/1/22 5:36:26 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague a question about the survival of French in Quebec and Canada. I have been in Parliament for two years now, and this issue is very close to my heart because the percentage of francophones in Quebec is less than 80%. In Montreal, the proportion of people whose first language is French is about to fall below 50%. This is unheard of. I have heard a lot of rhetoric in Parliament over the past two years. We talk about how we are going to save the French language. Liberal members even voted to recognize Quebec as a nation with French as its only official language, but then the government turns around and appoints a Governor General who speaks only English. We know that the CEO of Air Canada, which is subject to the Official Languages Act, does not speak French. We recently learned that the majority of CN's board of directors do not even speak French, even though the company is also subject to the Official Languages Act. Yesterday the hon. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship held a press conference in English only. This makes no sense for a department that is so critical to the survival of French in Quebec. Does my colleague agree that it is time to add targeted measures in the next Official Languages Act to save the French language in Quebec?
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