House Hansard - 51

44th Parl. 1st Sess.

April 1, 2022 10:00AM

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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Hon. Mona Fortier

Apr/1/22 10:28:17 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-13

Madam Speaker, I thank the member for the question. Today we are talking about a bill. We are talking about the terms we want to improve within the Official Languages Act, which we have had for 50 years. One of the services we provide is the translation of documents in French and English, as well as interpretation. When we put the rules in place, we want to be sure that the provinces and territories receive the necessary documents in both official languages. We want to be sure we can represent both our official languages in our agreements.

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Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)

Apr/1/22 10:59:05 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-13

Madam Speaker, I am going to quickly piggyback on my colleague's question about a clause that would allow the Governor in Council to decide whether agreements with provinces, territories and even other states will be translated, into French or any other language. We know that these agreements are typically written in English, with the exception of agreements with Quebec. Otherwise, the translation can be provided on request. Moreover, in the English version of the bill, there is a major error as the sentence is actually incomplete. My question is this: How can we talk about equality when not everything is automatically translated into both languages?

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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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