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House Hansard - 51

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 1, 2022 10:00AM
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Ms. Sylvie Bérubé (Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, BQ)
  • Apr/1/22 10:27:47 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her speech, but I do have a question for her. The bill states that the first portion of subsection 10(3) of the act, a provision on the language and translation of agreements, shall be replaced by the following: The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing the circumstances in which any class, specified in the regulations, of agreements that are made between Canada and one or more other states or between Canada and one or more provinces or territories Can the minister explain whether it will be strictly unilingual or bilingual?
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Mr. Robert Kitchen (Souris—Moose Mountain, CPC)
  • Apr/1/22 10:30:45 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, I thank the president of the Treasury Board for her intervention today and for her answer to my colleague for Sarnia—Lambton. One of the things I noticed is that one of the changes appears to be that there might be a fine instigated here. It seems we are seeing a lot of ministers now giving their press conferences in only one language. Will that mean that ministers will now be fined for basically not responding in both languages?
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Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • Apr/1/22 10:55:26 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. I hope to work with him at the Standing Committee on Official Languages to improve Bill C-13. We have heard extensively about problems with francophone immigration and the fact that the government's failure to meet the targets is contributing to the decline of the French language and the demographic weight of francophones. These targets were set in 2003, and they have never been met, because the Liberal and Conservative governments did not make it a priority. Does my colleague agree that these clear principles should be enshrined in law so that future governments work harder to allow francophones to catch up demographically?
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Mr. Joël Godin
  • Apr/1/22 10:59:50 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, I appreciate that the Bloc Québécois recognizes that this bill is poorly written and that it contains a number of flaws. There is a problem with translation. Both official languages merit respect throughout Canada. I am reaching out to the Bloc Québécois as well, because we need to work together to improve this bill so that it becomes an effective law that is capable of stopping the decline of French and protecting and promoting this language.
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Mr. Joël Godin (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, CPC)
  • Apr/1/22 11:59:17 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, Canadian are proud of both official languages, English and French. They must be protected and integrated into federal-provincial agreements. If the federal government does not enforce the Official Languages Act, who will? Furthermore, the decline of French in Canada must stop now. Will the Minister of Official Languages commit to amending Bill C-13 to include language clauses, among other things?
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Mr. Mario Beaulieu
  • Apr/1/22 12:43:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I would say no because, number one, that responsibility will still be shared between Canadian Heritage and the Treasury Board, and number two, as Charles Castonguay said, it is clear that the Official Languages Act is a real fiasco. It has been reported that 40% of francophones at federal institutions say they are not comfortable working in French. The Standing Committee on Official Languages heard from the vice-president of the federal public service union. He told us that he felt that there is systemic discrimination in favour of English, even in Quebec. English is always assumed to be the first language, while French is a language of translation.
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Ms. Niki Ashton (Churchill—Keewatinook Aski, NDP)
  • Apr/1/22 12:43:59 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague from La Pointe-de-l'Île, and I hope we will be able to work together on improving Bill C-13 at the Standing Committee on Official Languages. We agree that, when developing official languages policies, our first duty is to better protect the French language and slow its decline in—
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Mr. Mario Beaulieu
  • Apr/1/22 12:49:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent for his question. I see this as a very important issue. Things are relatively quiet now, but I do not think that Quebeckers will let their language disappear. Sooner or later a movement will form. The Official Languages Act is currently one of the main factors behind the anglicization of Quebec. As my colleague pointed out, Quebec is inundated with English. It is on TV, on the radio; we hear English stations playing English music. On top of that, the Official Languages Act only supports the English language in Quebec. This means that all of the so-called positive measures help only the English language and push for provincial and municipal services to be offered in English. English is used in unions, community organizations and in all kinds of areas that fall under Quebec's jurisdiction. If we do not stop the anglicization of Quebec, it will become a crisis.
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Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Apr/1/22 1:10:30 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my hon. colleague on her speech. She said she agreed with the principle that French is a minority language in Canada. What does she think of the fact that all of the Quebec government's requests have been refused or else accepted but in a very ambiguous way? Does she understand that Quebec should be allowed to implement its own territoriality policies? I see that as a condition for ensuring the future of French in Quebec and in North America.
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