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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 - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Apr/8/24 4:20:02 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech, which was fascinating, accurate and straight to the point. The people in my riding of Trois-Rivières know that I used to work in ethics, so they often ask me questions about this, about what happened with ArriveCAN. People wonder how that could happen, how people can come to committee and give half answers, evasive answers and sometimes even false answers. We are debating a motion that would compel the person in question to come tell his story before Parliament. In these times where people are losing faith in our institutions, are we also seeing the decline of decency in society?
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Context: House Hansard - 293 - Mar/21/24
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/21/24 4:13:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I have the pleasure of serving with him on the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Regarding the alternative facts that he often cites—instead of repeating ideas written by others, that criticize without offering solutions or that disregard the separation of powers—I would like to know whether they are deceptive, or a distortion of the truth.
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Context: House Hansard - 232 - Oct/16/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Oct/16/23 10:31:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her insightful speech. Her remarks were very refreshing. I would like to ask her whether she believes there is room to take a step back or for nuance in this debate.
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Context: House Hansard - 232 - Oct/16/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Oct/16/23 9:39:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, which I really appreciated. I thank her for her sensitivity. I would like to ask her the following question. We have heard a lot of good intentions this evening, but beyond good intentions, what specifically can be done?
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Context: House Hansard - 232 - Oct/16/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Oct/16/23 8:56:04 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague opposite for his speech, which was passionate as usual. I would first like to let him know that my thoughts are with him. This evening, we are dealing with a difficult situation that requires sensitivity. I will ask my colleague a question about something he said. Where does one draw the line between defence and revenge?
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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Sep/19/23 8:58:41 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague from Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia for her speeches, which are always insightful and sensitive. I would like to ask her the following question. After seeing all the hesitation and avoidance that the government was careful to display all spring, does she believe that the government will really do anything about this situation, apart from the inquiry that is already in progress? These facts are weighing heavily on our minds this week.
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Context: House Hansard - 220 - Sep/19/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Sep/19/23 7:31:48 p.m.
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Mr. Chair, I thank my colleague for his speech, which, as usual, was full of common sense and sensitivity. According to him, what prompted the government to actively wait to call an independent inquiry when these revelations had already been piling up for some time?
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • May/8/23 8:41:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her very enlightening speech. I am listening to my colleagues discuss this matter, and I am wondering what explanation there could be for the government's weakness or laziness in responding to such events. Can my colleague explain that?
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Context: House Hansard - 192 - May/8/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • May/8/23 8:09:37 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, with whom I have the privilege of serving on the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. I have always admired his sense of public interest and his perspective on our debates, which is very helpful. All the examples he just gave, such as the police stations and the Trudeau Foundation, and everything he said in his speech, show that democracy is under attack. In his opinion, how did we get here? How did we get to the point that we have to vote on such an issue?
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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Apr/27/23 8:06:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. We have been serving together on the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics for some time now, and I tend to really value his judgment. I would like to ask him the following question. In his opinion, with all the experience he has, is this a good budget or a bad budget?
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Context: House Hansard - 181 - Apr/20/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Apr/20/23 4:46:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louis-Hébert for his speech. I thought it was open, balanced and reasonable, which is unsurprising coming from someone who refers to Jankélévitch and courage. I would like to know what he thinks about Europe's ongoing efforts to draft the AI act, which could become a global standard, as the General Data Protection Regulation did for privacy protection.
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Context: House Hansard - 181 - Apr/20/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Apr/20/23 3:30:33 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Madam Speaker, rather than fixating on whose fault it is, which is not getting us anywhere, I would like my colleague, who gave a very interesting speech, to tell us whether she believes that Bill C-27 is still as valid as it was before the advent of generative AI, specifically ChatGPT. Do we need to start over or is she happy with the result?
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 7:22:46 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member for North Okanagan—Shuswap for his speech, which contained many elements. I would like to ask him to summarize in a few sentences the speech in question as I could not follow it because of the many interruptions.
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Context: House Hansard - 176 - Mar/30/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/30/23 7:04:16 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I really appreciate his speeches. However, I would like him to set aside the briefing notes provided by Michael Geist and tell us how he himself defines censorship.
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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/28/23 10:32:14 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very interesting speech. I support the idea of banning a terrorist group, but how does my colleague intend to apply such measures? How does he intend to make the banning in question practicable?
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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Mar/21/23 11:42:15 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. It was extremely important. It is sad that we have come to a point where we need to legislate something as important as this. What sorts of controls would my colleague recommend for companies that do not already have basic ethical standards in place to self-regulate in such cases?
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Context: House Hansard - 124 - Nov/3/22
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Nov/3/22 6:24:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the member for Elmwood—Transcona on his whole speech. I would like to pick up on the first part of his speech, in which he talked about respect. That is an important concept because we are here to debate ideas. We all have our convictions. We are moved by an ideology, but we have convictions. The thing about convictions, raw convictions, is that they do not bother to consider the consequences. The resulting debate tends to be fruitless. The next level up is responsibility, which is concerned with the consequences of convictions. What the member did earlier was take the next step and engage in discourse ethics, which means laying down arms, demonstrating mutual respect and advocating for our ideas in a civilized manner. That is what I heard in the first part of his speech. Here is my question for him. What are the risks of failing to promote respect and veering increasingly toward incivility?
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Context: House Hansard - 107 - Oct/4/22
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Oct/4/22 11:04:27 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Madam Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon for his brilliant speech. I would like to know if he thinks this measure is fair for everyone or not. If my colleague does think it is fair, could he tell me what fairness means to him?
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Context: House Hansard - 87 - Jun/13/22
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Jun/13/22 5:23:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saskatoon—Grasswood for his speech. I heard a number of arguments there, and I am left puzzled by one thing. He bases his first argument on freedom of expression. I am not sure that this is really about freedom of expression, but I would like my colleague to give the House a definition of freedom of expression.
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Context: House Hansard - 68 - May/10/22
Mr. René Villemure
  • May/10/22 4:04:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member's speech is not related to the motion.
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