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House Hansard - 139

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Dec/1/22 2:40:04 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, Quebec's minister of the French language is meeting with the federal government today. That is good timing. Last Thursday, we celebrated a historic anniversary. Two years ago, the Quebec National Assembly adopted a unanimous motion calling on Ottawa to work with Quebec to apply the Charter of the French Language to federally regulated businesses. Bill C-13 does the opposite. It lets businesses off the hook. Will the minister announce to her counterpart that she will amend Bill C‑13 to stop supporting the anglicization of Quebec?
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Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Dec/1/22 2:41:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, Quebec's minister of the French language is concerned because all indicators point to French being in decline. One of the main indicators comes from Statistics Canada: One in five Quebeckers cannot work in French in Quebec. The numbers are even worse in Montreal and the Outaouais region. Knowing that, why does the minister want to allow federally regulated companies to use Bill C‑13 to circumvent the Charter of the French Language? Her own statistics prove the contrary. There is a decline in the use of French in the workplace in Quebec. Does she not listen to science?
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Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Dec/1/22 2:42:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, Quebec's minister of the French language also called for a national awakening, urging Quebeckers to open their eyes to the decline of French. It is high time the federal Liberals from Quebec woke up. Their Bill C‑13 does not protect French in Quebec. It protects English in the workplace and anglicizes Quebec. It is time the federal Liberals remembered they do not work for Air Canada. They do not work for the Royal Bank of Canada. They work for Quebeckers, and Quebeckers' language of work is French. When will they wake up?
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