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House Hansard - 193

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 9, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola
  • May/9/23 12:22:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I apologize to my hon. colleague for interrupting his riveting speech, but we have no French interpretation. We have to select the English channel to hear anything. The French channel is completely silent.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 2:25:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our country's linguistic duality is an asset that we must protect. In that regard, Quebec establishes its own immigration targets, and it has the exclusive power to select the majority of its immigrants. For our part, we firmly believe that we can grow our economy while protecting the French culture and language. We will continue to be there to defend Quebec's interests and to promote the importance of the French language across Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/9/23 2:25:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I ask the Prime Minister a question and he replies by reading a Heritage Minute. Quebec would have to take in 110,000 more people per year, but it cannot afford to do that because of the cost of services. Of course, it cannot do it because of the need to integrate immigrants in French. McKinsey did not take into account the specific reality of Quebec or the French language. Dominic Barton said as much in committee. The Prime Minister is francophone himself. Why is he not taking Quebec's reality into account?
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 2:26:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we will always take Quebec's specificity into account. I get it. That is why we were the first federal government to recognize that not only do we need to protect both official languages across the country, but we also need to pay particular attention to this issue in order to continue to protect French in Quebec. The decision on federal immigration levels was made independently. It is based on advice from departmental officials, organizations, stakeholders, provincial and territorial leaders and citizens from across Canada to determine the best immigration policy for Canada.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 2:38:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the purpose of the federal government's immigration plan is to grow our economy. People need to recognize that it is possible to grow the economy while protecting the French language and francophones' demographic weight. We will continue to increase the number of francophone newcomers. That is good for official language minority communities and it is good for our economy too.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)
  • May/9/23 2:39:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister brags about 4% of immigrants outside Quebec being francophone, but according to francophone and Acadian communities, they need 12% next year and 20% in the future just to slow the decline of French. Quebec's Minister of the French Language calls it the most hare-brained idea of the century. He says it is not good for Quebec or for the Canadian francophonie. Will the minister commit to not tripling the Canadian population to 100 million by 2100?
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