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House Hansard - 94

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 22, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/22/22 2:34:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the situation in Montreal is unacceptable. That is why we are changing things up as of today. We will ensure that people who are travelling in the next 24 hours receive their passports on time. For people who are travelling in more than 48 hours, we have another strategy. Senior management is there to speak with those waiting in line, because what people are going through in Montreal is truly unacceptable. We will make sure they get served on time.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/22/22 2:35:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the situation in Montreal is unacceptable and does not reflect what is happening in other places in the country. For the past four business days, more than 1,000 people have been waiting in line, and we do not want people to be forced to do that. That is why, starting a 7 a.m., senior management teams were there to talk with people and ensure that they were receiving the necessary information and that they had an appointment, which would enable them to come back at a specific time without having to wait in line. We know it is frustrating and we know that it is important. We will continue to respond to the situation.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)
  • Jun/22/22 3:04:59 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the government is taking people for fools when it comes to passports. Today, it started issuing tickets with fixed appointment times to the people lining up outside the Montreal office. However, by 9:20 a.m., there were no more tickets left. According to TVA, the government gave out about 75 tickets, even though thousands of people are waiting for an appointment. Is that really the best solution the government could come up with this week? If so, it really has a long way to go.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/22/22 3:05:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as I mentioned, today, we adopted a new strategy to deal with applications in Montreal in particular. Hundreds and even thousands of people are waiting outside Service Canada offices. We gave out tickets for appointments. The director for Quebec assured me that senior management will be there all day to make sure that everyone in line gets the information they need and that those who are travelling in the very near future get an appointment.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Hon. Karina Gould (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Jun/22/22 3:14:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the situation in Montreal right now is like nowhere else in the country, with hundreds of people lining up at the three passport offices. With the Saint-Jean and Canada Day holidays coming up, we know that many Quebeckers want to travel. We have now changed our strategy to ensure that people receive the services and information they need. We will continue to respond to the situation to ensure that Canadians receive their passports.
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Context: House Hansard - 94 - Jun/22/22
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • Jun/22/22 5:15:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-21 
Mr. Speaker, as we have said many times, there are a lot of good points in this bill. However, the weapons involved in all these incidents that keep happening in Montreal are weapons that have crossed the border illegally. It turns out that people are buying these weapons, and the people buying them are members of criminal groups. Police services need to have the tools to take action against these groups. That is why, for weeks, the Bloc Québécois has been asking the Minister of Public Safety to create a registry of criminal organizations, much like the one we have for terrorist organizations, so that we can target these people and take action against them. The Montreal police have confirmed that 95% of the handguns used recently in these incidents in Montreal were illegal. Can my colleague tell me why the minister has, so far, refused to establish such a registry?
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