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Jean-Denis Garon

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Mirabel
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $114,073.56

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Context: House Hansard - 204 - Jun/1/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon
  • Jun/1/23 5:26:51 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is often criticized for the topics we choose for our opposition days. I am not going to pass judgment on the topic. What I said was that I was not surprised that it is always the same topic, but the Conservatives have the right to choose whatever they want to talk about. That being said, we are definitely feeling the effects of climate change. There are fires burning in Quebec today. I think we need to show leadership and stop saying we will tax carbon when all the other countries have implemented it. I think we can do better.
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 7:38:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in response to the misinformation put forward by my colleague, I wish to point out that the Bloc Québécois has always supported and will continue to support freedom of expression, including the freedom of Quebeckers to live and thrive in their own culture.
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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Mar/7/23 2:14:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to pay tribute to the men and women who are carrying on a very Quebecois tradition that is rooted in our history and our identity: making maple syrup. Quebec produces 72% of the world's maple syrup, and the rest is clearly nothing more than table syrup, a pale imitation of the peerless original. The Quebec maple syrup industry is investing in research, new technologies and development, resulting in half a billion dollars in exports. I can say that every spring, in my riding, nothing can stop these men and women who are passionate perfectionists and who make us proud. Thanks to them, thousands of people come to our sugar shacks to indulge their sweet tooth with those they love. It is no coincidence that Mirabel attracts visitors from around the world to enjoy this tradition, and that is due in part to Mirabel's tourism office and its executive director, Stéphane Michaud, who have worked exceptionally hard to showcase our national treasure. I am going to show my bias today and officially, proudly and solemnly declare Mirabel to be the maple syrup capital of the world. I wish everyone a happy maple syrup season.
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Context: House Hansard - 152 - Feb/2/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Feb/2/23 2:41:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Dominic Barton himself admitted that McKinsey did not consider the impact on French before recommending unprecedented increases to immigration. Unless and until we see the studies the Bloc Québécois has been calling for, we have to assume that the federal government did not consider the impact on French either before implementing McKinsey's recommendations. Obviously, that raises other questions. Can this government prove that it did consider the impact on housing needs, health care and immigration, or did it just blindly put its faith in a subcontractor like McKinsey?
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