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House Hansard - 195

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 11, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 195 - May/11/23
Hon. Mélanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)
  • May/11/23 2:31:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, our policy is clear. We are a feminist government. That includes defending women's rights, including a woman's right to choose and a woman's right to access abortion. We will always be there to fund clinics, but also to fight the radical right that models itself on everything that comes out of the United States, south of our border, which certainly has repercussions for our colleagues opposite.
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Context: House Hansard - 195 - May/11/23
Hon. Mélanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)
  • May/11/23 2:42:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, as the Bloc Québécois is well aware, because the minister has already said so, the initiative mentioned is not a policy of this government. That is the first point. My second point is that, to my knowledge, there were no Bloc Québécois members present with the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and the Minister of Health when they were negotiating an additional $8 billion in health transfers to Quebec. That is what Quebeckers wanted from our government and that is what we delivered.
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Context: House Hansard - 195 - May/11/23
Hon. Mélanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lib.)
  • May/11/23 3:12:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think my colleague well knows that we have a very important Indo-Pacific strategy that includes our China strategy. In there it is clear that we will put a national security lens on foreign investments. Therefore, of course we have the security of Canadians in mind, at stake, as a priority. Meanwhile, as my colleague mentioned in his question, we will never accept any form of foreign interference. We will never accept any form of meddling in our democracy. That is why we declared the diplomat in question persona non grata.
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