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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Jun/10/22 10:17:52 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank and congratulate my colleague. He is a member of Parliament representing a riding in Quebec, which has a single official language, French. The riding he represents is also in Canada, which has two official languages, French and English. He gave about 10% of his speech in French, so I want to congratulate him, truly. I am wondering whether my colleague is not a little embarrassed. We have been talking about Bill C-11 for two years now, if we include its predecessor, Bill C-10. We in the Bloc Québécois were ready and worked very hard to move this bill forward. The hon. member for Drummond worked very hard and was even congratulated by the Minister of Canadian Heritage for his work in committee on this bill. Before the election, the Bloc Québécois was even ready and willing to vote in favour of time allocation on Bill C-10, which it never does. We normally oppose time allocation, because we want democracy to work and we do not want to shut down debate. We were ready, but then an election came along, and Bill C-10 was postponed indefinitely. Now we have Bill C-11 before us. The government has hurriedly cobbled together a motion that sort of paves the way for us to maybe pass this bill. Is my colleague not a little embarrassed that after all those debates the Liberals prorogued Parliament a year and a half ago and called an election? Now they are throwing this motion on the table two weeks before the end of the session and telling us that we must adopt this motion or Bill C-11 will not be passed. For artists, that is shameful.

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Context: House Hansard - 86 - Jun/10/22

Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Jun/10/22 11:38:42 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-13

Mr. Speaker, the Government of Quebec has taken the rare step of sending all parties a list of amendments that it is calling for respecting Bill C‑13 on official languages. All it is asking for is for them to be rational. It is asking the parties to note that the French language is in the minority in Canada because of the predominance of English and that francophones and anglophones therefore have different needs. That seems obvious to me. Will the government amend Bill C‑13 so it corresponds to reality?

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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Jun/10/22 11:39:55 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-13

Mr. Speaker, that really is not a clear answer. The Prime Minister had a moment of clarity in 2016. He said, “Quebec has to be French in order for Canada to be bilingual”. This is in line with the amendments to Bill C‑13 that Quebec wants. Quebec is asking the federal government to commit to respecting Quebec's language planning model set out in the Charter of the French Language. Will the government incorporate Quebec's demands into Bill C‑13 to affirm Quebec's distinctiveness and ensure respect for the Charter of the French Language?

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