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Leader of the Bloc Québécois

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

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Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/10/23 3:06:29 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have a Prime Minister who is about to speak about himself in the third person, who says he consulted 3,000 organizations or people, but not Quebec, because those they intend to harm do not get consulted. What does he have to say to this growing number of people who realize, say and write that the only solution is Quebec's sovereignty?
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Context: House Hansard - 74 - May/18/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/18/22 2:46:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he needs the Prince of Wales around in order to meet with business people and indigenous people? Okay then. Meanwhile, he appoints people to represent the monarchy who do not speak French. He supports the Liberal MPs who are challenging Camille Laurin's and René Lévesque's Bill 101. He refuses to allow the Charter of the French Language to apply to federally regulated businesses. In light of all that, is the Prime Minister preparing to launch a full-scale attack on the French language?
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Context: House Hansard - 74 - May/18/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/18/22 2:44:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister managed to praise democracy and the monarchy in the same sentence. Unbelievable. This is the same monarchy whose quick little vacation I am paying for, and the same monarchy that he is maintaining by appointing a Governor General and a Lieutenant Governor who do not speak a word of French. Will the Prime Minister try to explain to the Prince of Wales that the Dominion of Canada is bilingual?
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Context: House Hansard - 59 - Apr/27/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/27/22 2:45:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is not clear. He is not doing that. That is the problem. He is not doing it. I want to make it clear that I am not criticizing Ms. Simon or Ms. Murphy. I am criticizing him. He is the one who appointed these women. Honourable though they may be, they do not speak French. How can he be flabbergasted and indignant about people not speaking French when he himself appoints people who are nowhere near capable of speaking French?
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Context: House Hansard - 59 - Apr/27/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/27/22 2:44:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will get there yet. On the Prime Minister's little cheat sheet, it says that it is not a question of speaking French, but rather of possibly learning to speak French in the future, or “at some point”. At some point, though, could the Prime Minister not simply say that he will allow Quebec to apply the Charter of the French Language to businesses under federal jurisdiction, end of story?
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Context: House Hansard - 59 - Apr/27/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/27/22 2:33:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's indignation is a little selective. Air Canada's CEO does not care about French, and a vice-president from CN spoke to the Standing Committee on Official Languages in English only, even though both of these companies have French roots. That is a little worrisome. How can the Prime Minister say he is flabbergasted? Does he not realize that by appointing a governor general and a lieutenant-governor who do not speak French, he is signalling to everyone that his government thinks French is just a quaint curiosity?
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