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Martin Champoux

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Drummond
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $108,134.67

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Context: House Hansard - 302 - Apr/18/24
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Apr/18/24 2:42:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on page 74 of budget 2024, it says, “Halal Mortgages”. This is not the first time the federal government has given some thought to sharia-compliant mortgages. The CMHC commissioned a study on this issue in 2009. The reaction of the Muslim Canadian Congress at the time was clear. Its founder, Tarek Fatah, said that this targets vulnerable and marginalized Muslims, who are told that, if they do business with non-Muslims, they will go to hell. My question is simple. Who exactly is this measure for?
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Martin Champoux
  • Mar/30/23 12:31:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think the question was for the Liberals, but I will answer it anyway. The Bloc has a principle of respecting the parliamentary process. Using a gag order does the exact opposite. It upends the parliamentary process. Of course, there are exceptions. The Bloc has voted in favour of closure motions in exceptional cases. I do not think this an exception. We are against the principle of gagging the House, but we do support the bill.
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