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House Hansard - 186

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 27, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Apr/27/23 2:41:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, Bill C‑13 acknowledges that French is under threat in Quebec. However, the Liberals introduced an action plan yesterday that gives Quebec $140 million per year to promote English. That is $700 million over five years for English in Quebec and nothing, or a few crumbs, for French. Today, Quebeckers are wondering if the federal government has some statistics to prove that English is under threat in Quebec. If not, why are the Liberals funding English in Quebec when it is French—
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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Apr/27/23 2:42:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is some logic. The Quebec government official said, “I have not yet seen in the plan any measures that are consistent with the declaration of [the] Prime Minister...namely that French in Quebec is threatened”. In other words, there is nothing in there for French in Quebec, but there is $700 million for English. If French is threatened in Quebec and not English, then why not use this $700 million for French at work, for promoting French?
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