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Context: House Hansard - 179 - Apr/18/23

Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)

Apr/18/23 2:58:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, members will recall that the World Cup of soccer was held in Qatar this past fall. We debated whether it was acceptable to organize major sports events in countries that violate human rights. The Bloc Québécois had demanded a diplomatic boycott, but the government still sent a minister to Qatar. Believe it or not, The Globe and Mail revealed that this minister was mandated by the Department of Foreign Affairs to promote the sale of Canadian arms. Was it acceptable to send the Minister of International Development to sell tanks to Qatar?

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Context: House Hansard - 179 - Apr/18/23

Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)

Apr/18/23 2:59:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague just reiterated that the government sent people to Qatar to talk about human rights. Come on. The minister's briefing note proves that the Department of Foreign Affairs tasked him with promoting the sale of armoured vehicles. It was even in the key messages of his briefing note. Armoured vehicles are tanks. I have a news flash for everyone: Qatar is not going to use tanks to promote human rights. How could this government have asked the Minister of International Development, and I want to repeat that it was the Minister of International Development, to sell tanks to Qatar?

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Context: House Hansard - 179 - Apr/18/23

Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)

Apr/18/23 3:52:29 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to pick up on the point raised by my colleague from Outremont. I thought her question was very interesting, but we did not get an answer. We are talking about responsible government, yet we have heard the leader of the Conservative Party say that he would cut $1 billion from CBC/Radio-Canada's $1.2‑billion budget. I would like to know what my colleague thinks about that, since she herself was a journalist. Is it responsible for a government to cut $1 billion from a $1.2‑billion budget for an institution like CBC/Radio-Canada, which exists to report the news and has broadcasting stations and newsrooms all over Quebec and the rest of Canada? I think that it is important that Canadians and Quebeckers know exactly what the Conservative Party wants to do with CBC/Radio-Canada's funding, and I would like an answer.

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Context: House Hansard - 179 - Apr/18/23

Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)

Apr/18/23 5:07:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I really enjoyed my hon. colleague's speech. What is interesting is that the Conservatives are saying that they will be a responsible government and that they will form the next government. Now, my colleague did not specify exactly what the Conservatives would do to balance the budget. I heard one proposal from the Conservative leader. Earlier, my colleague quoted the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Finance, but I am going to quote his leader. During the Conservative Party leadership campaign, he said that he would cut $1 billion from CBC/Radio-Canada's budget, which is currently $1.2 billion. Not one Conservative member from Quebec has wanted to answer the question we have been asking for two days now. I would really like someone to answer me. Does my hon. colleague agree with his leader's proposal? If the Conservative Party takes office here in Ottawa, will the member support his leader's proposal to cut CBC/Radio-Canada's $1.2‑billion budget by $1 billion?

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