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René Villemure

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Trois-Rivières
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 63%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $100,349.98

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Context: House Hansard - 206 - Jun/5/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Jun/5/23 2:37:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is impossible to get answers about Chinese interference. When the Bloc Québécois asks how many elected officials in total have been the target of threats or disinformation campaigns, the government refuses to answer. When the Conservatives ask how many Chinese police stations remain open, it refuses to answer. When the NDP asks about the relationship between the special rapporteur's staff and the Liberal Party, it refuses to answer. Then, when all three parties call for a public inquiry, the government still refuses. This is an affront to democracy. Where will we find the answers if the government refuses to provide them and refuses to hold a public inquiry?
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Context: House Hansard - 205 - Jun/2/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Jun/2/23 11:26:54 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, let us get back to the basics when it comes to Chinese interference. The problem is China's actions and the fact that the Johnston report prevents us from dealing with them because, as a result of that report, there will be no inquiry into the Chinese police stations, the election candidates supported by China, the intimidation of the Chinese diaspora or the threats against elected officials. In the years I spent working as an ethicist, I lived by this adage: “Any action that needs darkness to succeed is probably more unethical than an action that can stand the light.” In this case, there is a lot of darkness. Let us shine a light on what is happening by holding an independent public inquiry.
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Context: House Hansard - 191 - May/4/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • May/4/23 2:39:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this morning CSIS released its annual report. The report confirms the existence of Chinese police stations on Canadian and Quebec soil. It also confirms that China uses officers of its public safety ministry to intimidate the diaspora. Finally, it confirms that Beijing “may seek to influence electoral nomination processes...or influence policy positions of elected officials using covert tactics.” When such information is in a public report, it means that the Prime Minister has known about it for a long time. Why was nothing done while this issue only concerned the opposition and was not making headlines?
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Context: House Hansard - 34 - Feb/19/22
Mr. René Villemure
  • Feb/19/22 12:19:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. Police discretion is important. The police must be able to act within the bounds that they find acceptable. The current powers delegated to the municipalities and the provinces would have been able to cover most of the situations that have occurred. The problem is that they did not act soon enough. I do not think that the issue is a lack of authority. I do not think that there has been a violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms at all.
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