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House Hansard - 160

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 14, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/14/23 2:56:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, authorities are concerned about an 846% increase in irregular border crossings. Border services are worried, saying, “it is extremely dangerous, particularly in inclement weather, which our Swanton Sector has in incredible abundance”. It is not the federal government saying so, it is the Americans. The Americans are worried because it is dangerous to cross the border through the woods in the winter. However, in Ottawa, when we raise the same concerns about Roxham Road, the government calls us intolerant. Should it not be concerned about people crossing through the woods in the winter?
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/14/23 2:57:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, not only is that our view as well but we hold the same positions as migrants who are calling for the suspension of the safe third country agreement. That is the crux of the impasse at Roxham Road. Migrants are being exploited. Children are crossing alone in winter. People are being detained indefinitely. The United States is on one side of the border. They know that it is dangerous, but will not lift a finger because it suits them. The federal government is on the other side, incapable of moving beyond rhetoric and of understanding that this is not how to welcome people with dignity. What is being done? When will the minister realize that there is only one solution? Nothing will change until the safe third country agreement is suspended.
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Context: House Hansard - 160 - Feb/14/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/14/23 4:29:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I really appreciated my hon. colleague's speech. I agree with him. The Liberals are putting more money into the oil and gas industry than the Conservatives did before them. I believe that is unheard of in Canadian history. The oil industry has never had so many subsidies. Unfortunately, I have a question and I am not sure my colleague will be happy that I am asking it. At this moment in time, when we are fighting climate change and the government has never put so much money into subsidies for the oil and gas industry, how can his party support the government when it is time to vote on a budget like that?
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