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House Hansard - 260

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 260 - Dec/1/23
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle, BQ)
  • Dec/1/23 11:24:43 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Quebeckers are happy to do their part to welcome asylum seekers. The problem is that the federal government is not asking us to do our fair share. It is asking us to do twice as much. Quebec takes in 48% of Canada's asylum seekers. Ottawa is asking us to pay nearly five times our share, meaning 100% of the bill, or $460 million in total, and that is without taking into account integration capacity. Instead of lecturing us, will the federal government finally do its part and reimburse Quebec?
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Context: House Hansard - 260 - Dec/1/23
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle, BQ)
  • Dec/1/23 11:25:57 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we are talking about the Canada-Quebec agreement, which stipulates that Quebec must take in a share of asylum seekers that is at least equal to its percentage of Canada's population. That is not a problem, but we are currently taking in twice our share, or 48% of asylum seekers. In the meantime, British Columbia is taking in 10 times fewer. The four Maritime provinces combined have welcome 285 people. That is not even 1%. In Quebec, we will continue to do our part, but will the federal government ensure that we are not the only ones?
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