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House Hansard - 72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • May/16/22 12:46:38 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is not happy because Bill C-14 does not maintain Quebec's political weight. We would like Quebec to have a proportion of the seats, for example 25%. Instead, Quebec will keep the same number of MPs, whereas other areas will get more, which is equivalent to reducing Quebec's political weight. Does my colleague acknowledge that Quebec forms a nation? Does he believe that we should maintain our political weight?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • May/16/22 12:58:15 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, I would like to know if my colleague agrees that by keeping the number of Quebec MPs the same and increasing the number of MPs elsewhere, Quebec's political weight will not be maintained. Does he agree that Quebec should maintain its political weight?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • May/16/22 1:58:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Mr. Speaker, I would like to know whether my colleague agrees with me on the following. Quebec's political weight will drop if we keep the same number of members in Quebec and increase the number of members everywhere else. Can we count on his support to change that?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • May/16/22 2:42:23 p.m.
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Let us talk about it, Mr. Speaker. The Liberals claim to be staunch supporters of minorities. However, they appointed a unilingual English lieutenant governor in New Brunswick. The courts found that choice to be unconstitutional. Imagine. The Liberals announced that they are going to appeal. They want to maintain the right to make unilingual English appointments in New Brunswick, Canada's only officially bilingual province. The minister keeps repeating that she is from New Brunswick. Does she agree with the decision to appeal or does she agree with us that this is a slap in the face to Acadians and francophones?
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