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House Hansard - 68

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 10, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • May/10/22 2:40:04 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government says it is shocked that CN appointed a unilingual English-speaking board of directors, but it is avoiding the most obvious solution. If the Charter of the French Language applied to CN, this never would have happened. CN, a Montreal-based company, never would have developed a corporate culture that is so out of touch that it would appoint a 100% unilingual anglophone board of directors without even realizing that it is a problem. Why does the minister continue to refuse to apply Bill 101 to federally regulated businesses?
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • May/10/22 2:41:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the unilingual English appointments at CN are the result of the federal Official Languages Act. The federal government created this situation by allowing CN to circumvent Bill 101 for three decades in favour of the Official Languages Act. The application of the federal Official Languages Act in Quebec creates corporate cultures like the one at CN, where French is not important. Why is it that, even today, the new Liberal bill continues to encourage CN and similar businesses to circumvent the Charter of the French Language?
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