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House Hansard - 108

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 5, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Oct/5/22 2:46:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what is happening at Roxham Road is, first and foremost, a humanitarian issue. The humanitarian thing to do would be to have migrants come in through regular border crossings, not put them in handcuffs and expose them to human smugglers and criminals. Would it not be better to invest half a billion dollars or more to hire qualified staff at the Department of Immigration rather than spend it on walls? Would that not be the humanitarian thing to do rather than send them back or deport them after they have made a good life for themselves in Quebec or in Canada?
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • Oct/5/22 2:47:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, under the circumstances, I would like to mention the presence of the member for Richmond—Arthabaska. I will now talk about trios. In Quebec, there are now three big political players. On immigration and the French language, the Prime Minister is in the minority there too. Is Roxham Road not a humanitarian issue that sometimes gives the government ideological comfort when, in reality, it is a way of giving money and contracts to friends of the Liberal Party?
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