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House Hansard - 305

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 30, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 3:37:39 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I wish I had had a chance to comment on the life of generation X, a generation so overlooked that it was named after an unknown value in algebra. That said, I will instead talk about the budget, which is a blatant example of interference and disrespect for the supreme law of the land, that is, the Canadian Constitution. The Constitution is the contract that binds the federal government to the other levels of government in Canada, namely Quebec and the Canadian provinces. When does the government intend to respect its own Constitution?
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 4:27:02 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am going to talk about interference again. We all understand that the federal government has a spending power. This power is provided by the taxes paid by the adults among the 38 million inhabitants. Nevertheless, there is a Constitution that is a fairly clear contract setting out the duties of each party, be it the federal government, Quebec or the Canadian provinces, and the territorial governments. When will the government respect its Constitution and not use its spending power to interfere in jurisdictions that do not belong to it?
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 4:41:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we all think that it is essential to ensure that everyone has access to housing and health care, especially when we are in our ridings and we see how hard life is for our constituents, those who are around us every day. It is important that the federal government use its spending power to make the necessary transfers for infrastructure, particularly when it comes to housing and health care. The federal government is infringing on other jurisdictions by wanting to set conditions that the provinces and municipalities have to meet in order to get that funding. Since the federal government decided to infringe on our jurisdictions, what conditions does it intend to impose before it will transfer money for housing to Quebec?
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