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Deputy House leader of the Bloc Québécois

Christine Normandin

  • Member of Parliament
  • Deputy House leader of the Bloc Québécois
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Saint-Jean
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $109,900.56

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Context: House Hansard - 153 - Feb/3/23
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/3/23 11:26:23 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, let us talk about the human cost. There is a labour shortage in our classrooms. We cannot just ask our teachers to take in even more children who do not speak French and who are more likely to have special needs. The elastic is stretched thin and stretching it further would cut the quality of education offered to all children. Quebec does not have the resources to take care of all the asylum seekers from Roxham Road on its own. That is the reality. When will the government finally suspend the safe third country agreement so that asylum seekers can be welcomed across Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 153 - Feb/3/23
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/3/23 11:25:19 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, Quebec schools are feeling the full effects of what is happening at Roxham Road. Since the beginning of the school year last September, the Quebec government has had to create 224 new classes just to accommodate the children of asylum seekers. That is 224 new classes, while we are in the midst of a shortage of teachers and specialists. That is 224 new classes, the vast majority in the Montreal area where schools are already filled well beyond their capacity. There is a huge human cost to all this, which I will come back to, but first, will Ottawa commit to at least footing the bill?
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Context: House Hansard - 29 - Feb/11/22
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/11/22 2:20:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from North Island—Powell River for her speech. She did a great job of explaining how the bill does not repair all of the harm that has been done to seniors. Members have mentioned the interest seniors had to pay, but their health deteriorated too. In the best case scenario, the government is fixing only a little of the damage that it has done. Would it not have been a good idea, long before we got to this point, to increase old age security for people aged 65 and up? Furthermore, had the government acted sooner to increase the amount of employment income seniors could earn without losing any of their GIS benefits, the situation would not be quite so serious. Should we not have had this debate a long time ago?
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Context: House Hansard - 29 - Feb/11/22
Ms. Christine Normandin (Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • Feb/11/22 12:38:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-12 
Mr. Speaker, the minister is saying that we need to move quickly with this bill. However, even if we were to pass the bill today, nothing would change for seniors until the summer. I remind members that we have been sounding the alarm on this issue since August. Could the minister tell me at least one other thing, aside from the bill being debated today, that she has considered to address the situation?
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