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Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy

Claude DeBellefeuille

  • Member of Parliament
  • Whip of the Bloc Québécois Member of the Board of Internal Economy
  • Bloc Québécois
  • Salaberry—Suroît
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $109,425.78

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Context: House Hansard - 243 - Oct/31/23
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Oct/31/23 3:03:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, SMEs are not asking the federal government for the moon. They are asking it to be flexible by deferring repayment of loans from the Canada emergency business account without loss of subsidies. These businesses are not multinationals. It is the local restaurant where someone's daughter works. These are local entrepreneurs who are working hard to create jobs in their region. It could be a future Bombardier in its infancy. The government is quite generous with American multinational oil companies. Why does it refuse to be flexible with our SMEs?
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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Oct/30/23 2:41:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us talk about the federal government's flexibility. Businesses had until December 31 to repay the loan without losing a subsidy that is saving them from bankruptcy. Are my colleagues aware of how much more time Ottawa has given them? It has given them 18 days. The Liberals gave 18 days to businesses that have been fighting for three years to pay off their pandemic debts. Eighteen days is what they call flexibility. The survival of 250,000 businesses is at stake. When is a real payment deferral coming?
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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23
Mrs. Claude DeBellefeuille (Salaberry—Suroît, BQ)
  • Oct/30/23 2:40:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the federal government cannot let 250,000 businesses go bankrupt without trying to save them. Everyone is asking the government to defer repayment of the CEBA loans for another year without losing the subsidy. All the premiers agree on this, including the premier of Quebec and the premiers of the other provinces, as well as the National Assembly, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business and the Association Restauration Québec. The federal government's inaction is leading us to a wave of bankruptcies. When will the government finally offer SMEs an adequate deferral of repayment?
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