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House Hansard - 75

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 19, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • May/19/22 2:26:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government has decided to appeal the court ruling on the unconstitutional appointment of a unilingual anglophone lieutenant governor in Canada's only bilingual province, but not everyone in the Liberal caucus agrees. Three New Brunswick MPs, or half of the province's Liberal MPs, have since had the courage to speak out against this decision. Does the Minister of Canadian Heritage find that his colleagues who are defending French in New Brunswick are just a bit too radical?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • May/19/22 2:27:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on the one hand, there are Liberal members defending French in New Brunswick. On the other, there are Liberal MPs protesting the defence French in Quebec. It is pretty much the same gang that refused to recognize French as the official language of Quebec. It is the same gang that is criticizing the Bloc Québécois because we want private, federally regulated businesses in Quebec to be subject to Bill 101, and yet it is the Bloc that is considered radical. It really is nonsense. Who will the Prime Minister listen to, those fighting for French or those fighting against it?
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Context: House Hansard - 75 - May/19/22
Mr. Alain Therrien
  • May/19/22 3:11:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Earlier, in response to a question from the Bloc Québécois, the Minister of Canadian Heritage misled the House when he said that the Liberal government supported Bill 101. I would like to reiterate the words of the president of the Liberal Party in 2020 who—
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