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House Hansard - 104

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 28, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Sep/28/22 2:08:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, September 28 is British Home Child Day. This day is dedicated to the memory of the more than 100,000 British children brought to Canada as indentured labourers between 1869 and 1932. The British home children, as they would come to be known, were under the age of 17. Most were between the ages of seven and 14, but some were just toddlers. These young children were sent to Canada, most of them without their parents' consent. As soon as they arrived in Canada, the British home children were sent to foster homes. Unfortunately, some of those children were abused and mistreated. Various heartbreaking stories have come to light. Most of the children were sent to Ontario, but others went to Manitoba, the Maritimes, British Columbia and Quebec. It is estimated that there are over four million descendants of these children living in Canada today. My great-grandfather John James Rowley was one of them. On this September 28, let us honour their memory.
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Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Sep/28/22 2:44:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday it was clear that the Minister of Public Safety did not know the difference between an asylum seeker and a human smuggler. Let me explain it to him. Asylum seekers are families who migrate to Canada to claim refugee status. Human smugglers are people who exploit these families and take all their money in exchange for getting them across Roxham Road. Human smugglers are criminals. Making the crossing at Roxham Road permanent makes their crime profitable. Now that the minister understands who is who in this story, will he stand up for asylum seekers instead of human smugglers?
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Context: House Hansard - 104 - Sep/28/22
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Sep/28/22 2:46:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we do not understand. We do not understand how the minister thinks that the situation at Roxham Road is normal. His government is letting thugs fleece disadvantaged families out of all the money they have managed to take out of their country. Thanks to his government's actions, human trafficking has become the primary way of claiming asylum in Canada in 2022. Refugees are being brought to Canada by thugs. They are welcomed into Canada by police. What is normal about that?
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