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House Hansard - 117

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 25, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Oct/25/22 1:55:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, during our esteemed colleague's speech, I heard words like “celebration”, "jubilee”, “recognize” “commemorative coin”, “stamp” “participating”, “visits” and so on. For me, that is just a smokescreen. It is deliberately turning a blind eye and denying our reality. The member should look back at our history, the history of French Canadians, and at what happened two or three centuries ago. Perhaps kowtowing and being subject to the monarchy and this completely archaic institution works for them, but I am letting them know that it does not work for most Quebeckers. We want nothing to do with that.
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Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Oct/25/22 3:46:22 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his presentation. Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Saint Kitts and Nevis have undertaken steps to cut ties with the monarchy, or at least distance themselves from it. I have a question for my colleague. New Zealand and Australia set aside the monarchy through a referendum. Is that not the path the Canadian government should take?
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Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Oct/25/22 4:01:13 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. From what I gather, my colleagues in the other parties disagree with Quebec's modern, forward-looking values, and they prefer to live in the past. I respect their choice, but there is something that I do not understand and I would like to hear my colleague's opinion. How can they claim that the issues we want to discuss today are irrelevant and do not warrant the slightest debate in the House of Commons? That type of judgment and thinking they know what is best for Quebeckers is beyond me. Still, we have a concern, which we raised today. Would it be possible to express it without having to face an outcry like we did today?
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Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Luc Desilets (Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, BQ)
  • Oct/25/22 4:24:33 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague repeated herself a lot in her speech. That is fine because she wanted to emphasize her point. When it is your turn, you can choose the topic of debate. The Bloc Québécois usually does not pass judgment, as you have been doing all day long. If you do not like this subject, that is your problem. This subject pertains to our values—
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Context: House Hansard - 117 - Oct/25/22
Mr. Luc Desilets
  • Oct/25/22 4:25:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the topic of the monarchy relates to our identity as Quebeckers, but it does not reflect who we are and we want nothing to do with it. The member alluded to the fact that the monarchy represents stability. Can she tell me what catastrophe will befall us the day that we get rid of it? Because that day will come.
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