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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23

Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)

Sep/21/23 11:37:57 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-33

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He touched on this issue briefly earlier, but I am particularly interested in a phenomenon that is growing in Canada, not only at the Port of Montreal, but also at the Port of Toronto, namely vehicles being stolen and exported overseas. When we ask the Canada Border Services Agency questions about this issue, the CBSA responds that it may not have enough officers to conduct searches. The CBSA says it gets a description of the contents of each container and that, if officers have doubts about what is written in the record, they will conduct a search. However, in many cases, they are just relying on their instincts. There is not necessarily a protocol. I thought that a bill to amend the Customs Act would offer a good opportunity to put a protocol in place to counter this phenomenon. As I understand it, however, there is virtually nothing about this in the bill. Do I have that right? Should the government hurry up and look into the phenomenon of vehicle thefts and exports?

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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23

Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)

Sep/21/23 2:15:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to Denis Santerre. Denis passed away on Friday after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease. On behalf of the people of Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, and on behalf of the Bloc Québécois, I offer my deepest condolences to his loved ones and his family. Denis was reeve of La Matanie from 2017 to 2019 and mayor of the municipality of Baie‑des‑Sables for 12 years. It is in that context that I knew him. When I was elected, he immediately invited me to meet with him. He picked me up in his car and gave me a tour of the village, sharing its history and all the secrets of the people who live there. We quickly developed a relationship of trust and friendship. Denis was a good, generous and warm-hearted man, a man who gave his heart and soul to our region, of which he was so proud. I thank Denis for his contribution to our community. May he rest in peace.

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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23

Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)

Sep/21/23 2:40:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister would no doubt have gotten a better reception at the World Petroleum Congress in Alberta than he did at the Climate Ambition Summit in New York. The United Nations Under-Secretary-General introduced him for who he is: the leader of one of the largest expanders of fossil fuels in the world. Quebec comes across as a hero in the fight against climate change, while Canada comes across as a zero, a climate hypocrite. When will this government start taking the climate crisis seriously?

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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23

Ms. Kristina Michaud (Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, BQ)

Sep/21/23 2:41:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Environment, Mr. Bay du Nord himself, found a way to be the only person in New York putting Quebec's environmental policies down. Seriously. If the government had invested as much money in the fight against climate change as it did in Trans Mountain, we might believe it is serious about this. Frankly, it should start throwing more tree seedlings in the ground before it throws Quebec under the bus because Quebec is serious about climate change. When will this government start being part of the solution, instead of the problem, in the fight against climate change?

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