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House Hansard - 295

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 8, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • Apr/8/24 2:56:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while the federal government spends its time interfering in Quebec's jurisdictions, the situation in its own jurisdictions is getting serious. The Prime Minister is in shock after finally discovering that immigration levels have exceeded our integration capacity. Who was oblivious enough to have increased permanent and temporary immigration without thinking about housing, schools or health? Who was irresponsible enough to have branded everyone who talked about integration capacity a xenophobe? If only we knew. Who knows, it could well be the same person causing the debt to skyrocket. Does the Prime Minister know who this reckless person might be?
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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mr. Mario Simard (Jonquière, BQ)
  • Apr/8/24 2:57:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, since the Prime Minister is responsible for the largest population increase since 1957, many are likening him to a pyromaniac firefighter in the housing crisis. It is true that he is setting fires, but is he really trying to put them out? Is he lowering permanent immigration targets? No, he is not. Is he spreading out the intake of asylum seekers among the provinces, to give Quebec some relief? No, he is not. Is he reducing temporary immigration? No, he wants to increase it to two million, the highest level in history other than in 2023-24. Now that he recognizes the problem with integration capacity, will he fix it?
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