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House Hansard - 72

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Peter Julian (New Westminster—Burnaby, NDP)
  • May/16/22 12:31:23 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, I very much appreciate the speech by my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, but I have a question for him. He would like there to be more Bloc Québécois MPs, but the Bloc is already overrepresented if we are talking about proportional representation in Quebec. Under proportional representation, there would be seven fewer members for the Bloc Québécois and seven more members for the NDP. My question is simple. Does my colleague agree with implementing proportional representation in order to have every Quebecker's vote count?
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Context: House Hansard - 72 - May/16/22
Mr. Peter Julian
  • May/16/22 1:22:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-14 
Madam Speaker, that is precisely my point. Proportional representation would mean seven fewer Bloc Québécois representatives in the House of Commons and seven more NDP members. We have to respect Quebeckers' choices. If we look at the percentage of votes, we see that they would have chosen to elect seven more NDP members and seven fewer Bloc Québécois members. However, the Bloc is opposed to a proportional system for Quebec and the rest of Canada. I do not understand that. The Bloc says we have to respect Quebeckers' choices. That would mean seven more NDP members if we look at proportional representation. I do not understand why the Bloc Québécois refuses proportional representation in the House of Commons.
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