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Louise Chabot

Member of Parliament
Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees
Bloc Québécois

Thérèse-De Blainville
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 68%
Expenses Last Quarter: $122,743.44

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Context: House Hansard - 305 - Apr/30/24

Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)

Apr/30/24 12:00:35 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to the member’s presentation. No one here will deny that there is a housing crisis, to be sure. We have been talking about it for a long time, and we have been providing examples to highlight the issues for a long time. The government had a national housing strategy. Is the fact that we are talking about it now an admission of failure about its own strategy? In fact, it is the provinces, cities and municipalities that are in charge of housing. The main thing I want to say about the budget is that you can list all the measures you want, but it will not do well in the polls. You did not wow anyone. There is no wow factor. There is a lot of interference in provincial and Quebec jurisdictions. However, when it comes to your own areas of jurisdiction, such as pensions, old age security and employment insurance, there is nothing. There is no commitment from the government to finally eliminate discrimination against seniors aged 65 to 74. There is no commitment from the government to reform the EI system, which leaves behind thousands of unemployed people. What does the government have to say about not investing in its own programs?

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Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23

Ms. Louise Chabot

Jun/6/23 1:07:25 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-47

Madam Speaker, in my opinion, the government does not address the important issues in this budget. It is unbelievable. We need to support these people. They are already contributing to society. They are prepared to lend a hand, but the government is penalizing them. Basically, not only is the government not supporting them, but it is telling them to stay home. I find that unacceptable. I am sure that my colleague hears a lot about that in his riding. The Government of Quebec made changes to the Quebec pension plan to address these issues. We would have expected the federal government to do the same. The Bloc Québécois very clearly requested tax measures to support this contribution in the current demographic context.

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Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23

Ms. Louise Chabot

Jun/6/23 1:03:43 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-47

Madam Speaker, with regard to the member's second question, the government has restored the age of eligibility for the old age security pension to 65, and that was the right thing to do. However, even though they restored the age of eligibility for the pension to 65, they are abandoning seniors. The elderly are no longer taken into consideration. The D'Amours report is from another era; it is 10 years old. Yes, I am aware of it, as I was working with the unions at the time. Now it is 2023, and we are in an inflationary economic climate in which seniors have two concerns: housing and their safety. Overall, 60% of seniors live on a fixed pension as their sole source of income. In my view, it is a disgrace that the Liberal government has decided to abandon seniors and discriminate against them in this way.

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Context: House Hansard - 103 - Sep/27/22

Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)

Sep/27/22 11:03:41 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I listened to the speech, which was mainly about the carbon tax. I am not going to talk about that. I do not think it is a good idea to reduce or cancel it. However, I would like to ask my colleague a question. We know that inflation is a concern for most Quebec households and workers. Does my colleague believe that it is time to acknowledge that the people most affected by it are those on fixed incomes who cannot count on wage increases to make up for what is happening? Would my colleague and his government be ready to change their minds and increase, for example, old age security for people aged 65 and up? A whole segment of retirees who only have pension income is being abandoned, and the government decided to only increase the pensions of those aged 75 and up. I believe that there is something that could be done. Why did they not do it?

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Member of the panel of chairs for the legislative committees

Louise Chabot