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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23

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

Mar/21/23 2:44:11 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are playing games by threatening an election. Meanwhile, in the real world, there are real people in the Chinese community who are facing real threats from the Chinese regime. As for the notorious Chinese police stations, Safeguard Defenders confirmed yesterday that 83 Canadian citizens have already been detained and deported to China to face trial, and those are only the cases we know about. Beijing is literally arresting Canadian citizens in Canada under the Prime Minister's nose. This is serious. When will he finally launch a real independent public inquiry?

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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23

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

Mar/21/23 4:37:31 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-23

Madam Speaker, I too would like to thank my colleague for speaking French. Any efforts members make to speak French in the House are really very important. Right now, the French language is in decline across the country. I think it is important that the House send a message to francophones everywhere, all across Canada, that we are concerned about French here. I commend my colleague. The debate on Bill C-23 is a bit flat. Everyone pretty much agrees. Apart from some minor details, everyone pretty much agrees on the bill overall. It is a bit boring. Since members are unanimous on this bill with regard to indigenous peoples and reconciliation, does my colleague not agree that there is more meaningful action to be taken? I agree with this bill. Let us pass it and move forward. Indigenous peoples are facing challenges related to housing, homelessness and domestic violence. We know that 8% of female homicide victims in Canada are indigenous, even though indigenous women represent only 4% of the population. I think that there are a lot of issues that this government still has not addressed. Would my colleague agree that we should start dealing with those issues as quickly as possible?

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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23

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

Mar/21/23 5:09:25 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-23

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very long speech. I am going to talk about the very long detour that he made at the beginning, as we were all wondering how he was going to land on topic. He eventually got there after a few minutes. He talked about housing, actually, and he touted his party, which released a housing plan two weeks ago. I have never heard the Conservatives come up with coherent solutions to the housing crisis that we are experiencing in Canada right now. Obviously, the current Liberal government is useless. It is one of the worst governments we have ever seen when it comes to the housing crisis. CMHC economists say that, in Quebec alone, 1,100,000 units need to be built over the next 10 years to address the crisis. We often hear the Conservatives, who have close ties to the private sector, say that the private sector will take care of it. It is true, the private sector will build 500,000 units, but governments will have to somehow step in and build 600,000 units in the next 10 years. That means the government is going to have to spend and invest to fix this problem. Does my colleague have a plan for tackling this crisis?

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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23

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

Mar/21/23 5:34:00 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-23

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his rather extraordinary speech. It made me want to go straight to British Columbia. In fact, I think the B.C. tourism board should hire him or should send his speech to people to encourage them to go there and see how interesting the historic sites really are. It really makes you want to go there. Quite apart from Bill C‑23 currently before the House, I think everyone pretty much agrees today on the issues of truth and reconciliation. We have talked about housing, murdered women, homelessness, and the reserves in northern Ontario and Manitoba that still do not have clean water. Many challenges remain when it comes to reaching out to indigenous nations. What does my colleague think is the priority issue that should be dealt with immediately other than Bill C‑23?

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