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House Hansard - 176

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 30, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 3:55:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. For a while now, the Conservatives have been saying that they are standing up for Quebec by opposing Bill C‑11 and that their love for Canadian and Quebec culture knows no bounds. I will do my colleague a favour. I would like to give him the opportunity to name his three favourite francophone artists from Quebec, other than Celine Dion.
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 4:10:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will try again. Once again, my colleague from Abbotsford, like other Conservatives, says he is defending Quebec culture. I asked his colleague to name some Quebec francophone artists, but he could not, so I will help him out. We have, for example, our national poet, Gilles Vigneault. He is probably the most well-known artist in Quebec. Anyone concerned about Canadian culture, as he likes to say, knows who Gilles Vigneault is. To make things easier, I will ask my colleague to name his favourite Gilles Vigneault song.
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 4:27:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, I am trying to understand the Conservatives. They oppose Bill C‑11, saying that it would undermine freedom of expression. However, they claim to be defending Quebec, because Quebec wrote a letter in which it asked for Bill C‑11 to be passed and stated that it must be consulted when the bill will apply in the Quebec context. In other words, Quebec would be opposed, in that context, to freedom of expression but would be defended by the Conservatives. It sounds like the equivalent of a dog chasing its own tail. Can my colleague tell me whether I have this right or not?
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 4:58:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, by dismissing out of hand this legislative measure that the cultural community has been calling for for years, the Conservatives seem to be suggesting that all social media networks, which are not regulated enough, do a good job of promoting Quebec culture. I know that, like the other Conservatives, my colleague claims to be a defender of Quebec culture, including on social media. I would like him to open up a little and tell us about two or three of his favourite francophone influencers from Quebec and their work.
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 5:14:26 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, we know that the Government of Quebec called for Bill C‑11. Quebec's cultural community called for Bill C‑11 or its equivalent. It is true that the Government of Quebec asked to be consulted when Bill C‑11 is applied in the Quebec context. Despite all that, the Conservatives continue to say that the bill violates freedom of expression based on the word of a single expert, Mr. Geist, who testified in this case but also on almost every other committee for the Conservatives. He is like a Renaissance man. Are the Conservatives also telling us that the Government of Quebec is against freedom of expression when it wants to protect and promote Quebec's French-speaking culture?
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 7:38:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in response to the misinformation put forward by my colleague, I wish to point out that the Bloc Québécois has always supported and will continue to support freedom of expression, including the freedom of Quebeckers to live and thrive in their own culture.
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