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Rhéal Éloi Fortin

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Bloc Québécois

Rivière-du-Nord
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 68%
Expenses Last Quarter: $105,330.31

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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22

Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)

Oct/18/22 2:57:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the problem is that they did not manage the crisis. The total lack of leadership on the part of this government is telling. That is what the mayor of Ottawa, Jim Watson, showed the commission today. He personally spoke with the Prime Minister on January 31, day three of the crisis, to ask for police reinforcements. He then spoke with the Minister of Public Safety on February 3. It took three more weeks for Ottawa to take action, three weeks. If the situation was so urgent that the Emergencies Act needed to be invoked, then why did it take three weeks to deploy police officers? It is urgent, but there is no rush?

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Context: House Hansard - 112 - Oct/18/22

Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)

Oct/18/22 2:56:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, nearly nine months ago, convoys of transport trucks were heading to Ottawa, announcing their plans to lay siege to the city. We learned yesterday that hotel operators knew they were coming. They warned the City of Ottawa that, in the middle of the pandemic, 15,000 people were trying to book every hotel room in the city for three months. Ultimately, only the federal government did not see the siege coming. When the government says that it was in constant communication with the City of Ottawa before the trucks arrived, what were they talking about, if not this? Were they exchanging recipes?

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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22

Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)

Jun/9/22 7:28:18 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-5

Mr. Speaker, Bill C-5 deals with the issue of minimum sentences and diversion. Beyond the question of whether or not minimum sentences should be abolished, what impact will their abolition have on the communities in my colleague's riding or province? We are seeing a rise in gun violence, and the government is proposing to eliminate minimum sentences for a number of firearm offences. I would therefore like to hear my colleague's views on this. Once again, I am not talking about whether these minimum sentences should be eliminated; rather, I would like to know what impact eliminating them would have and what people in his riding think about this.

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Context: House Hansard - 77 - May/30/22

Mr. Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)

May/30/22 2:58:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we would all like to believe that we are safe from gun violence and that our children are protected. In Montreal, just last week, someone shot up a day care centre. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Fortunately, the day care centre was empty. However, gun culture is emerging in Montreal. Again, we simply cannot allow the situation to deteriorate. The mayor of Montreal, the Premier of Quebec and the Bloc Québécois are once again calling for Ottawa to ban handguns. When will the minister finally do what everyone in Quebec is waiting for him to do?

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