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House Hansard - 228

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 3, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Oct/3/23 3:45:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a report by Radio-Canada reveals that the RCMP hires unilingual anglophone executives for high-ranking bilingual positions. They do not speak a word of French. They are not taking French lessons. In no way, shape or form are these people qualified for their positions, not today and not any other day. It is a blatant violation of the Official Languages Act, a violation that is so commonplace in Ottawa that even the RCMP—the police, for crying out loud—is in breach of the act. Will the minister do something?
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Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Oct/3/23 3:46:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this new law was supposed to put an end to these cases of contempt for French at the federal level. Every single francophone will be paying close attention to what the new minister does. This is the first blatant case of a federal agency thinking it is still okay to undermine French since the new Official Languages Act came into effect. Will the minister demonstrate to the entire public service that those days are over, or will he demonstrate that it is still okay to undermine French?
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