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House Hansard - 124

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 3, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 10:43:56 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it really speaks to me when a colleague talks about projects for veterans. In Quebec City, the “repos du soldat” veterans' housing project has been delayed for primarily administrative reasons. With respect to financing to help veterans, there is a $20.9-million infrastructure program to end veteran homelessness. That is very little, considering that the monarchy receives at least $67 million year, on a recurring basis. I believe that our veterans deserve more than one-third of what the monarchy gets.
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 12:40:38 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am pleased to see my colleague's list of agencies that are helping seniors across Canada. That being said, in Quebec City there is another organization: le Repos du soldat. It is requesting a parcel of land that belongs to the Department of National Defence, a department that gave land to an anglophone school in a city that is 97% francophone. Why is an anglophone school in a francophone community getting preference over our veterans?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 2:56:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Governor General's unnecessary week-long trip to the Middle East cost $1.3 million. That is the amount the Canadian Taxpayers Federation came up with by adding up the invoices sent to the Office of the Governor General and also to Global Affairs Canada, National Defence and the RCMP. It seems the monarchy costs more than we thought. In addition to the $70 million it costs us every year, we have to add up the expenses paid by various departments for the King's representative and her entourage to travel first class. Seriously, when are we going to stop paying for that?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 2:57:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the monarchy is very costly, but not just financially. I would like to go back to 2019, to the case of the two Michaels who were unjustly imprisoned in China. Last Thursday, the Wall Street Journal revealed that, in that case, the Prime Minister was unable to negotiate with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Why? It is simple. The Chinese president refused to speak to the Prime Minister and instead demanded to speak to Canada's true head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. Does the government not find it embarrassing that the real leader of Canada is actually a foreign monarch?
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