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House Hansard - 198

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/16/23 2:26:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, they called their gimmick the Century Initiative. It does not translate well, and that is by design. They want everyone to become English. They said—
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet
  • May/16/23 2:27:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government agreed to a gimmick it called the Century Initiative, which we will not bother translating into French. It does not deserve to be translated because, at that point, we would all be speaking English. The Liberals said that they would drop the slogan. That is fine. Then, the Liberals said that they would abandon the idea of 100 million Canadians by the end of the century because we did not like it. In any case, we will all be dead in 77 years. However, they decided to keep the target of 500,000 new immigrants per year as of 2025. That is what is going to shrink Quebec and bring about its permanent downfall. Do the Deputy Prime Minister, the voice of reason, and her government really think that Quebeckers are that stupid?
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Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/16/23 2:28:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have an expression in Quebec that essentially means people need to walk the talk. I will explain that some day. That being said, this government has messed up on immigration, with one million cases being backlogged. The Liberals are incapable of managing the foreign students file. They are incapable of managing the temporary foreign workers file. In a year and a half, they have been unable to do it. What would make us think that a year and a half from now they are going to suddenly be competent enough to deal with 500,000 immigrants?
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