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House Hansard - 200

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 18, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • May/18/23 2:39:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, last year, the federal government rejected 72% of francophone students from Africa who were selected by our universities to study in Quebec. That is according to the Institut du Québec. This is not a new problem. The same thing happened in 2020 and 2021, to the point where the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship had to acknowledge, last October, that there was racism within the organization. What has changed since then? Absolutely nothing has changed, nothing at all. When will this government stop discriminating against foreign students from Africa selected by Quebec?
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • May/18/23 2:40:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, an application refusal rate of 72% is more than triple that in Ontario. Beyond all of these individuals' shattered dreams, the Institut du Québec is concerned that Quebec's activity is threatened. In other words, the federal government is pushing francophones to go study elsewhere when they could be making an invaluable contribution to Quebec. Those who leave after their studies become the most extraordinary ambassadors in the Francophonie that Quebec could ever imagine. Those who stay become a dynamic force in our labour market. When will the federal government stop standing in their way?
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Context: House Hansard - 200 - May/18/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • May/18/23 2:41:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, how infuriating, especially since the government has spent all week acting like it has something to teach Quebeckers. Meanwhile, people look at what the government is doing, and I guarantee they are struggling mightily to be polite. This government is breaking the rules, and its only excuse is that these students are from Africa. That is truly appalling. When we prove that its decisions make no sense, even when the government itself admits that biases inform its senseless decisions, years go by and the injustices never end. When will this government put as much energy into treating people fairly as it does into its fancy speeches?
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