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House Hansard - 78

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 31, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Mr. Alain Therrien
  • May/31/22 10:40:56 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question and her effort to speak French. It is wonderful. Perhaps I was not clear. Whenever my students did not understand something I had said, I would never tell them that they had misunderstood. I would say that I had misspoken. I never said that we need to maintain the barriers that women face when trying to teach or do research. On the contrary, I want to break down these barriers. Women make up half of Quebec's population. There should be no barriers to entry for students, regardless of the type of barrier. I have three daughters, and I do everything I can to make sure that they do not put any barriers in their way to do what they want to do in life. I work very hard on that. I raise my children to know that there are no barriers to their ambition, and I would like to see that everywhere.
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Context: House Hansard - 78 - May/31/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/31/22 2:34:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we all agree that French is at risk all across the country. We are here to protect French in Quebec, of course, but also in minority communities outside of Quebec. In the interests of consistency, if we are protecting francophone minority communities across Quebec, then we must also be there to protect minority anglophone communities in Quebec. Our approach is consistent. We will always be there to protect minorities across the country. This is why we have the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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