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House Hansard - 305

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 30, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 10:26:53 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my colleague's speech. Of course we do not agree on many things, but we were told that the Conservative Party would be a decentralizing party. Yesterday, when it had the chance to prove it, the Conservative Party unfortunately voted against an amendment proposed by the Bloc Québécois that simply called on the House to respect the Canadian Constitution and the jurisdictions of Quebec and the provinces. My question is very simple. Why vote against a Bloc Québécois amendment that simply calls for the Canadian Constitution to be respected?
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 12:16:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I really enjoyed my colleague's speech. It is clear that this budget is mostly about interfering in the jurisdictions of Quebec and the provinces. Now, let us talk about something that strictly concerns the federal government. I am talking about tax evasion. We are often told that the government will seek to collect as much revenue as possible, yet tens of billions of dollars are being lost to government revenues because of tax evasion right here in Canada. I have a very simple question for my colleague: What measure is in this budget to recover the money lost to tax evasion?
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 2:45:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Quebec just announced $603 million to stop the decline of French. Most of that amount will be used to teach French to temporary foreign workers. This is good news for the vitality of the French language, but it will not be enough, because the majority of foreign workers are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal government through the international mobility program, and the federal government has no language requirements. Since the Liberals recognize the decline of French, they must also do their part. Will the government listen to Quebec's request and add French language requirements for the foreign workers under its jurisdiction?
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 2:51:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Quebec will not achieve its French integration targets if the number of people needing to learn French breaks records every year. Quebec cannot continue to take in 54% of all of Canada's asylum seekers. This is a matter of social justice for the people we can no longer house, educate or even feed. Yes, Quebec society is also about integration, because we have a duty to provide these people with all the necessary tools to welcome them properly. Will the minister finally announce an equitable distribution of asylum seekers among Quebec and the provinces?
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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Apr/30/24 2:52:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the willingness to take in asylum seekers is real. Quebec will be unable to reverse the decline of French if the federal government rows in the opposite direction. Ottawa is responsible for two-thirds of Quebec's temporary immigration through the international mobility program and asylum seekers. The federal government is not fulfilling its responsibilities, whether it is in terms of teaching workers French or taking in asylum seekers. Ottawa is ultimately responsible for the skyrocketing need for French language courses in Quebec, but it is doing nothing. The Liberals keep saying that more needs to be done to protect French, so why are they refusing to do more to accomplish that?
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