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House Hansard - 192

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 8, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • May/8/23 2:43:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, no country in recent history has planned to triple its population in 75 years. The Century Initiative deserves a responsible, intelligent debate. Quebeckers have some questions, and rightly so. There has been no debate, and the federal government appears to be going ahead with it anyway. Ottawa's immigration targets for 2025 already match those of the Century Initiative. Would the Liberals like to distance themselves from the Century Initiative, or are they confirming that this is Canada's immigration plan?
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • May/8/23 2:44:28 p.m.
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What a coincidence, Mr. Speaker. The federal government's targets are the same as those of the Century Initiative. The Century Initiative's top priority is economic interests. Dominic Barton confirmed that they did not think about anything else. They did not think about the impact that tripling the population would have on the future of French. They also did not think about indigenous languages or the political weight of the first nations. They did not think about the housing shortage. The Century Initiative's targets are based only on economic interests, but can the government at least prove that it considered other factors before using those same targets?
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • May/8/23 2:45:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, they are congratulating themselves on reaching their target once in 20 years. That speaks volumes. It is unthinkable to triple the population to 100 million without public debate. Doing so would mean fundamentally changing Canada and Quebec behind closed doors with input only from economic circles. Immigration policies are not a virtue contest, they are public choices with real consequences that should be democratic. No one has asked Quebeckers or Canadians what they think. No one has asked workers, community organizations, groups dedicated to delivering services to the public what they think. Why would economic circles have the first, last and only say on this?
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