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House Hansard - 98

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 20, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 98 - Sep/20/22
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Sep/20/22 11:46:59 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-22 
Madam Speaker, in French, we refer to people “en situation de handicap”, “vivant avec un handicap” or “handicapée”. There are a number of terms that are used. However, there is something that concerns me. Guillaume Parent, the director of the Centre d'expertise finances et handicap, recently told La Presse that, in Quebec, fewer people considered themselves as having a disability or living with a disability because the French word “handicap” does not have the same scope as the English word “disability”. Will a distinction be made between the two terms so that people understand what we are talking about and so that they are able to access the services in question?
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