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House Hansard - 76

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 20, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • May/20/22 10:10:03 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, roughly eight months ago, we had a federal election. That was not very long ago. It is not a stretch to think that we could take more time to study Bill C‑13. That said, francophone communities outside Quebec have been waiting for the modernization of the Official Languages Act for 30 years, not eight months. Let us not forget how critical this file is for them and their vitality, as well as for cultural institutions, positive measures and francophone immigration. What does the minister think about the fact that these people cannot wait any longer for things to improve?
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Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • May/20/22 1:27:26 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, the NDP agrees that it would have been much simpler to impose Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language, on all federally regulated private businesses. However, I disagree with my colleague on the choice that businesses will have to make. I found his comments a bit harsh. Forty per cent of federally regulated business have already voluntarily adopted the Charter of the French Language, and others may as well. The other option is not official bilingualism. Bill C-13 would create the new use of French in federally regulated private businesses act. A well-known Quebec law firm has said that, based on its interpretation of the bill, employees of a federally regulated private business in Quebec will have the right to carry out their work and be supervised in French, to receive any communications and documentation from their employer in French and to use widely used work instruments and computer systems in French. I do not see what the problem is.
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Context: House Hansard - 76 - May/20/22
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice
  • May/20/22 1:29:14 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, it is not the Official Languages Act that will apply to federally regulated businesses in Quebec, but the use of French in federally regulated private businesses act. These are two completely different laws.
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