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House Hansard - 59

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 27, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 59 - Apr/27/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/27/22 2:31:39 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister used the word “flabbergasted”. He was upset and I am glad to hear it. Canadian National has its headquarters in Montreal and so does Air Canada, and he is upset that no one at CN speaks French. He should be upset that none of the board members can speak French because they are in Quebec. On June 16, 2021, 281 elected members here in the House voted to recognize that French is the only common and official language of the Quebec nation. Will the Prime Minister require members of boards of directors whose headquarters are in Montreal or Quebec to have a basic knowledge of French?
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Context: House Hansard - 59 - Apr/27/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/27/22 2:33:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's indignation is a little selective. Air Canada's CEO does not care about French, and a vice-president from CN spoke to the Standing Committee on Official Languages in English only, even though both of these companies have French roots. That is a little worrisome. How can the Prime Minister say he is flabbergasted? Does he not realize that by appointing a governor general and a lieutenant-governor who do not speak French, he is signalling to everyone that his government thinks French is just a quaint curiosity?
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Context: House Hansard - 59 - Apr/27/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/27/22 2:44:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will get there yet. On the Prime Minister's little cheat sheet, it says that it is not a question of speaking French, but rather of possibly learning to speak French in the future, or “at some point”. At some point, though, could the Prime Minister not simply say that he will allow Quebec to apply the Charter of the French Language to businesses under federal jurisdiction, end of story?
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Context: House Hansard - 59 - Apr/27/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Apr/27/22 2:45:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is not clear. He is not doing that. That is the problem. He is not doing it. I want to make it clear that I am not criticizing Ms. Simon or Ms. Murphy. I am criticizing him. He is the one who appointed these women. Honourable though they may be, they do not speak French. How can he be flabbergasted and indignant about people not speaking French when he himself appoints people who are nowhere near capable of speaking French?
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