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House Hansard - 163

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 17, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île, BQ)
  • Feb/17/23 11:39:50 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, Bill C-13 is undermining the French language in Quebec as we speak. A dozen Liberal MPs from Quebec are considering voting against their own bill. There are still a few characters to discover in our favourite show, “West Island Story”, but we have already met a few, including the member for Saint-Laurent, the member for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel and the member for Mount Royal. These members are opposed to simply recognizing the Charter of the French Language in Bill C-13. These same members were among those who abstained from recognizing that Quebeckers form a nation in 2021. Does that seem like a coincidence?
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Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. René Villemure (Trois-Rivières, BQ)
  • Feb/17/23 11:54:49 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a report from The Globe and Mail laid bare the full extent of China's interference in the 2021 federal election. According to the article, secret services carried out a major operation involving illegal campaign contributions and media manipulation. This is extremely worrisome, but it would be a mistake to challenge the legitimacy of the election and merely consider it a partisan issue. The real issue is how easy it was for these foreign actors to manipulate our elections. This needs to be addressed transparently, but the government has been denying there was any interference and hiding the truth for months. Quebeckers want to know whether the government is ever going to take this threat seriously.
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Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Feb/17/23 11:58:40 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, the Quebec National Assembly has twice asked to be heard by this government on Bill C-11. However, with the Bloc Québécois's support, co-operation and complicity, the feds just do the work by themselves. The government is maintaining its extremely centralizing, unilateral and heavy-handed position of giving the federal cabinet more powers to tell Quebeckers what the CRTC will let them watch. Maybe the Bloc Québécois agrees with that, but we do not. Will the Bloc-Liberal alliance finally let the Government of Quebec be heard?
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Context: House Hansard - 163 - Feb/17/23
Mr. Chris Bittle (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Lib.)
  • Feb/17/23 11:59:19 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, today we learned that 240 jobs have been cut in the media sector in Quebec. That is 240 families that have lost revenue they were counting on. Our hearts are with them. This is happening too often. It is time that tech giants pay their fair share toward our culture. It is time to level the playing field. Bill C-11 is about that. What have the Conservatives been doing the last year? They have been filibustering. The hon. member's own seatmate acknowledged in the House of Commons that she has been filibustering this whole time. Where has the hon. member been this last year to stand up for Quebeckers, Canadians and artists across the country? He has been absent.
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