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House Hansard - 87

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jun/13/22 2:24:16 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, the Quebec Liberal lieutenant was right on Friday when he told journalists that “there is only one endangered [official] language in North America and that's French”. That could not be any clearer and that is why we are calling out Bill C‑13 on official languages for not protecting French in Quebec, even though it is the only endangered official language. Will the government finally understand that the threat to French in Quebec is English and that Bill C‑13 in Quebec protects English, not the endangered language, French? It makes no sense.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/22 2:24:50 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. We agree that French is in decline in North America and, indeed, in Canada. We also agree that the French language is the only minority language in the country. That is why we are moving forward with an ambitious bill to do everything we can to protect and promote our two beautiful languages. I hope that the Bloc Québécois and the opposition members will work with us to ensure that this bill is passed as soon as possible. It is urgent.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Jun/13/22 2:25:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, once it becomes clear that French is the only official language that is in jeopardy, then the next logical step is to let Quebec manage its French language itself. Instead, the federal government is giving priority to Bill C-13 to promote an institutional bilingualism that makes French optional. This is a direct attack on the only official language in jeopardy: French. That is why the Government of Quebec proposed amendments to Bill C-13 to protect French in Quebec, as Quebeckers are calling for. Will the government amend Bill C-13 so that Quebeckers can finally manage their own affairs and protect their language where they live?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mr. Yvan Baker (Etobicoke Centre, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/22 3:00:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, this government made the modernization of the Official Languages Act one of its top priorities. We need to protect and promote French all across the country, yet the opposition parties are preventing our bill to modernize the act from going forward. Could the Minister of Official Languages explain to Canadians what Bill C‑13 means for official language minority communities across Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/22 3:01:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend and colleague from Etobicoke Centre for his important question and for all of the work he does on official languages. I was in Toronto last week for consultations on the action plan for official languages. Members of official language minority communities told us that reforms are urgently needed and spoke about how Bill C‑13 is the cornerstone of an action plan that strengthens the institutions that these communities rely on. Our government is committed to protecting and promoting French across the country. I hope that the opposition will stop obstructing and will work with us to get the bill passed as soon as possible.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mrs. Caroline Desbiens
  • Jun/13/22 4:13:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, absolutely, there is plenty of consideration for first nations' works in this legislation. This is about broadcasting content via television and radio. The Bloc Québécois, through my colleague from Drummond, has worked very hard to ensure that French-language content and first nations' works are protected.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Jun/13/22 4:56:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, because of the history of colonial racism, we know that many indigenous people have been stripped of their languages. I am wondering if the member could share some of her thoughts around the importance of online broadcasters having an obligation to promote indigenous languages and devote the necessary resources to ensure their visibility and how this might impact future generations of indigenous people to feel heard and visible and be exposed to their traditional language.
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mrs. Caroline Desbiens (Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix, BQ)
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Avalon, for whom I have tremendous respect. We are both members of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. We all appreciate his work as chair, so I would like to take this opportunity to thank him. I also want to thank him for his speech. I was very happy to hear him talk about independent producers, who are literally the driving force behind the cultural economy in Canada and Quebec. I would like my colleague to tell us about the work that committee members, specifically my colleague from Drummond, have done on the discoverability of French-language content. Can he comment on why it was important to protect French-language content in Bill C‑10 and, of course, in Bill C‑11?
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