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House Hansard - 67

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 9, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • May/9/22 2:04:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to commend Michel Désy for the 35 years he has devoted to the farm union movement. This farmer in Berthier has been involved with the Fédération de l'Union des producteurs agricoles since 1984 and the Producteurs de bovins de Lanaudière since 1986. He has held various roles, such as administrator, vice-president of UPA Lanaudière and president of UPA Autray. Among his numerous other accomplishments, he was part of the steering committee for Autray RCM's development plan for an agricultural zone. Charity work is also important to him, and he has served as grand knight of the Berthier Knights of Columbus. His colleagues and I all tip our hats to him for the work he has accomplished. I wish him all the best in his retirement and thank him for his contribution and passion.
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • May/9/22 3:52:14 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I would like to hear her thoughts about immigration and resources, particularly when it comes to temporary foreign workers. I am a bit disappointed that there is not much about that in Bill C-19. There are a few general measures on economic targets, but they will not really affect Quebec, because Quebec makes its own selections in the economic classes. What we need is significant resources to process applications. Again this morning, I spoke to an asparagus farmer in my riding who had asked to have his workers by April 23. He was so worried he would not get any workers at all that he was prepared to pay them to sit around and do nothing until May 10. Tomorrow is May 10 and he is still short six workers. That is a loss of $100,000.
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Mr. Yves Perron
  • May/9/22 4:27:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, the interpretation service is indicating that the member's headset is not working properly. Perhaps it is something technical that should be checked.
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • May/9/22 4:39:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech. I know he lives in the Niagara region, whose wines I really enjoy, by the way. He heard what I said earlier about temporary foreign workers, about the lack of resources and about the ridiculous chaos we are experiencing, which is jeopardizing not only our agricultural production, but also the survival of our businesses. Could my colleague comment on that?
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Context: House Hansard - 67 - May/9/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • May/9/22 5:40:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-19 
Madam Speaker, my colleague spoke a lot about investigations into money laundering and recovering money. We agree with all that. However, there is something that really bothers me. How does my colleague explain the fact that his government is not doing anything at all about tax havens? They are perfectly legal and everyone is aware of them. It is estimated that the government is losing at least $7 billion a year to tax havens. Also, is the member not the least bit embarrassed that his government is creating uncertainty about the coming into force of the farm succession act, on the pretext that our farmers are fraudsters rather than honest people who put food on our tables? I think that is completely shameful, and I encourage him to put pressure on the government from the inside to quickly dispel this uncertainty.
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