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Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry

Hon. François-Philippe Champagne

  • Member of Parliament
  • Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
  • Liberal
  • Saint-Maurice—Champlain
  • Quebec
  • Voting Attendance: 62%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $108,626.98

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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Sep/21/23 3:04:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to thank my colleague for her question, because she spoke from the heart and shared what all Canadians are feeling. That is exactly what we have done. Today, after convening the CEOs of the major grocery chains to Ottawa to express the frustration of millions of Canadians, we, the Liberal government, introduced an historic bill to tackle inflation and affordability. We will reform the Competition Act, something that has been needed for decades. We will give new powers to the commissioner of competition. We will eliminate mergers that go against the rules of competition, we will tackle deals that prevent small grocery stores from setting up shop—
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Context: House Hansard - 30 - Feb/14/22
Hon. François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/22 2:51:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for all of his hard work on behalf of his constituents. Our government is committed first to promoting a healthy, competitive environment in the Canadian economy. That is why I was proud to announce last week that we would undertake a thorough review of our competition laws, including tackling wage-fixing arrangements, modernizing our enforcement regime, which colleagues should be happy with, and fixing loopholes that harm small businesses, consumers and workers. We should all be happy about that.
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