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House Hansard - 57

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 25, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Apr/25/22 2:58:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after two months, the government has a fantastic solution to help Ukrainian refugees: Aeroplan points. The government is not talking about an airlift or about about chartering flights to go and get people. No, instead, we can donate our Aeroplan points. This means that a mother with three kids will pay $3,700 instead of $4,000 for flights, because some guy named Dave from Regina decided to donate his points. Make no mistake though; it only works with Aeroplan points, not Air Miles. Will the minister also take Canadian Tire money? Seriously now, when is he going to charter flights to go and get these families?
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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Apr/25/22 2:59:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I also have some coupons for two-for-one subway sandwiches, if that helps. Seriously, the minister is taking us for fools. As of two weeks ago, we had already received 140,000 applications from Ukrainian refugees. It is going to take more than Aeroplan points to get them out of there. It is going to take chartered flights in an operation befitting a G7 country that is home to the second largest Ukrainian diaspora in the world. Enough is enough. How many more weeks will the refugees have to wait before the minister arranges an actual airlift?
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