SoVote

Yves-François Blanchet

Member of Parliament
Leader of the Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois

Beloeil—Chambly
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 56%
Expenses Last Quarter: $98,385.23

Government Page

Context: House Hansard - 198 - May/16/23

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

May/16/23 2:28:25 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, we have an expression in Quebec that essentially means people need to walk the talk. I will explain that some day. That being said, this government has messed up on immigration, with one million cases being backlogged. The Liberals are incapable of managing the foreign students file. They are incapable of managing the temporary foreign workers file. In a year and a half, they have been unable to do it. What would make us think that a year and a half from now they are going to suddenly be competent enough to deal with 500,000 immigrants?

99 words

Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/21/22 2:27:45 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, he was the only one who did not realize that there would be a surge of applications. When the Prime Minister travels, he has a chartered plane paid for by taxpayers, and someone takes care of his passport. He even has friends who invite him to the tropics, all expenses paid. When ordinary taxpayers travel, they save up to be able to go on vacation or to try to reunite with their family. They submit their passport application, and the Prime Minister tells them they might not be able to go. Before leaving on his trip this week, does the Prime Minister want to try sleeping in the rain for two days?

114 words

Context: House Hansard - 93 - Jun/21/22

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/21/22 2:26:34 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, as we have said, it is chaos. There are people sleeping outside for three nights and paying the price for delays caused by the government. Journalists are even being removed from passport offices under police supervision. Can the Prime Minister show some courage, get a backbone, as they say, and tell the House that he is responsible for this fiasco?

62 words

Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

May/4/22 2:31:00 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, will they be there if Quebec wants it, or only if Quebec wants it? The Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship made it clear that the federal government does not think Quebec is taking in enough immigrants. However, the federal system has been backlogged for so many years that there have been files waiting to be processed since 2009. This government seems to want to impose targets beyond the numbers we are able to integrate, willingly and knowingly, in spite of its own failures. Should Quebec simply stop talking to Ottawa and take care of its own affairs?

104 words

Context: House Hansard - 64 - May/4/22

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

May/4/22 2:29:46 p.m.
Watch

Mr. Speaker, last week, with the Prime Minister of Canada present, journalists asked Quebec's premier if he was still standing firm on his immigration demands, essentially for the sake of consistency, whether with respect to social services, education, francization or the labour shortage, and thus ensure that Quebec manages everything, except for security matters. The Premier of Quebec said yes. When the Prime Minister of Canada was then asked what he thought, he simply answered no. Then the government questioned Quebec's immigration targets and levels. Is Ottawa attempting to challenge the authority of Quebec and impose its own immigration levels?

102 words

SoVote

Leader of the Bloc Québécois

Yves-François Blanchet