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House Hansard - 194

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 10, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Mr. Richard Lehoux (Beauce, CPC)
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Mr. Speaker, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the famous Vachon snack cakes and their bakery, which is located in Sainte-Marie in my riding. In 1923, Rose‑Anna Giroux started a business by buying a bakery for $7,000 so that her children, who were living in the United States, would come back home. Bread sales were going well, but Rose‑Anna decided to diversify by making some sweet treats on the wood stove of her modest home. The rest is history. The bakery has employed and continues to employ many families in Beauce. Located in the heart of town, the bakery has faced many challenges, including frequent floods. For 100 years, and thanks to substantial recent investments from Bimbo Canada, the bakery has rolled up its sleeves and fired up its ovens again while remaining in the downtown core, just a few hundred metres from where it all began in the little house where Rose‑Anna and Joseph Arcade Vachon lived. I commend the entire team for their achievements and congratulate them on their 100th anniversary. Long live the Vachon bakery. I also want to acknowledge the excellent work of the interpreters in the House of Commons. Today, my speech was interpreted by Émilie Vachon, the great-granddaughter of the founders of the Vachon bakery.
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