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House Hansard - 170

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 21, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Mrs. Marie-France Lalonde (Orléans, Lib.)
  • Mar/21/23 2:14:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the month of March symbolizes our francophone pride and our linguistic duality. Yesterday, on March 20, francophones in my community of Orleans, across Canada and throughout the world celebrated the International Day of La Francophonie. My colleague, the Minister of Official Languages came to my community, to the Collège catholique Mer bleue, under the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-est, and we met with students to talk with them about the importance of speaking, studying and living in French. March 8 was also International Women's Day. I had the privilege of hosting over 115 women in my community at my ninth annual breakfast where I presented the 2023 Orléans Leading Women and Girls Recognition Award to 49 women and girls for their leadership and community involvement. Finally, I want to thank everyone for continuing to promote our beautiful French language, in all its diversity.
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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Mar/21/23 4:37:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-23 
Madam Speaker, I too would like to thank my colleague for speaking French. Any efforts members make to speak French in the House are really very important. Right now, the French language is in decline across the country. I think it is important that the House send a message to francophones everywhere, all across Canada, that we are concerned about French here. I commend my colleague. The debate on Bill C-23 is a bit flat. Everyone pretty much agrees. Apart from some minor details, everyone pretty much agrees on the bill overall. It is a bit boring. Since members are unanimous on this bill with regard to indigenous peoples and reconciliation, does my colleague not agree that there is more meaningful action to be taken? I agree with this bill. Let us pass it and move forward. Indigenous peoples are facing challenges related to housing, homelessness and domestic violence. We know that 8% of female homicide victims in Canada are indigenous, even though indigenous women represent only 4% of the population. I think that there are a lot of issues that this government still has not addressed. Would my colleague agree that we should start dealing with those issues as quickly as possible?
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Context: House Hansard - 170 - Mar/21/23
Mr. Taylor Bachrach
  • Mar/21/23 5:34:50 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-23 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I will try. My French is a very early work in progress, but I heard the member's remarks about how much he values the effort, so I will do my best. He was talking about reconciliation, the need for us to do better and to do more and the opportunity that national historic sites represent in that regard. I do not believe that the bill would go far enough toward realizing the potential of that, ensuring that we are portraying history and recognizing the sovereignty of these nations and the relationship we have as we should. This relationship is in its very early days, and I would have hoped that the bill would go further when it comes to national historic sites.
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