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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Jan/31/23 12:03:54 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-35

Madam Speaker, I am having a hard time figuring out what the government is thinking these days. Most of the time, the feds seem to be telling Quebec how it should do its job. Take Bill 21, for example. The feds say Quebec does not have the right to pass a secularism law, that it is ridiculous and that the way Quebec is using the notwithstanding clause is just wrong. They are doing the same thing with Bill 96. They say Quebec does not have the right to do that, and they are going to stop it. Here in Parliament, the feds say they want to protect French, yet they want to undo Bill 96. They say Quebec does not know how to handle health care, so they want to tell it what to do. They will send the money, but they will tell it what to do with that money. Then all of a sudden, the government comes out with this bill and says how amazing and fascinating and inspiring Quebec is and how we should do exactly what Quebec did because it works and Canada can really learn from Quebec. What exactly is going on inside the federal government's head?

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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Jan/31/23 12:33:06 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-35

Madam Speaker, when my Conservative friends get an idea in their heads, it is always a rather sad spectacle. Quebec's child care system has been working very well for the past 25 years. People come from all over the world to see how well it is working. My colleague from Repentigny spoke about it earlier. The child care system enables many single mothers to get out of poverty. It is working very well. I have a very specific question for my colleague. As part of the agreement that the federal government signed with Quebec, $6 billion from Quebeckers' taxes will be sent to Quebec over the next five years. If a Conservative government gets elected in the next six months, will that $6 billion stay in Ottawa?

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Context: House Hansard - 150 - Jan/31/23

Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Jan/31/23 1:02:47 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-35

Madam Speaker, earlier I asked another member a question. I will ask the same question, but put it a little differently. My colleague clearly explained how Bill C‑35 will actually help women, children and families. We know that the system has worked very well in Quebec for 25 years. The federal government says that it will let the provinces manage their own child care services. It will send a cheque and let them manage this file as they wish. Health care helps the same people: women, children and families. At present, emergency rooms are overflowing in Quebec. However, when it comes to health care, the federal government is saying no. It claims that the provinces do not know how to manage health care and it has to tell them what to do and how to spend their money. How can the same government have two different approaches to similar issues where the same problems have to be tackled when trying to help the same people? I am trying to understand this.

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