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Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor

Member of Parliament
Minister of Veterans Affairs Associate Minister of National Defence
Liberal

Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe
New Brunswick
Voting Attendance: 67%
Expenses Last Quarter: $101,260.44

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Context: House Hansard - 196 - May/12/23

Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Lib.)

May/12/23 12:37:35 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-13

Mr. Speaker, I have to say that you look quite dashing in that chair. I would like to thank my colleague from La Pointe-de-l'Île for his speech. I would also like to thank the Bloc Québécois for supporting Bill C-13, which will really make a difference in communities across the country. I have a specific question for my colleague. Recently, we have seen great collaboration between the federal and Quebec governments. It has been unprecedented, especially on the official languages file. Minister Roberge and I worked very hard to reach an agreement on the issue of federally regulated private businesses. Jean-François Lisée said he never thought the federal and Quebec governments would reach an agreement. Could my colleague talk a little about what he thinks of the great collaboration between Ottawa and the Government of Quebec?

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Context: House Hansard - 162 - Feb/16/23

Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor (Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Lib.)

Feb/16/23 3:04:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Pontiac for her question and for her hard work. I was very pleased to be at the University of Ottawa yesterday with the President of the Treasury Board to announce a federal contribution of $20.4 million to support French-language programs at the University of Ottawa. This funding will be used to develop new courses entirely in French and to hire faculty in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as to create a new centre of excellence for French-language education. This is another example of how this government is supporting official language minority communities and post-secondary institutions in those communities.

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Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22

Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor

May/20/22 10:26:08 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-13

Madam Speaker, we have to recognize that, yes, important debate happens in the House, but important debate and work also happens at the committee level. That is exactly where we are hoping this work is going to go. We want the committee members to look at this legislation with a fine-tooth comb, because we want to have the best legislation possible. We recognize the Official Languages Act has not been revised substantially over the past 30 years, so Canadians are expecting us to do a really good job and their expectations are very high. What we saw this week in Parliament, with respect to the Conservative Party playing games, was really disheartening. I know that when my colleagues and people at home are watching this they wonder what is going on here. When we hear bells ringing every 30 minutes and the motion we have to vote on is which Conservative speaker is going to speak next, people wonder if that is really what we are doing here in Ottawa. People really want to see the work and debate being done constructively, and I certainly hope we are going to have the co-operation of all members as we move forward with this really important piece of legislation.

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Minister of Veterans Affairs Associate Minister of National Defence

Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor