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House Hansard - 194

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 10, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Mr. Richard Martel
  • May/10/23 4:13:47 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. That is a good question. First of all, the Liberals are out in left field because English is not in decline. I completely agree with my colleague. We are missing three things that the Liberals failed to pay attention to. We need a central agency. We need to give the commissioner more powers, particularly for part VII, and we need to give the commissioner the power to issue orders. I do hope that, at some point, the members of the Liberal caucus will be able to agree on official languages.
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Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia
  • May/10/23 4:28:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, I talked about the preamble to reassure my community that the government will not have the power to take away the rights of the anglophone community. With respect to the anglophone community, the English language is obviously not under threat in North America. Nevertheless, a community can face challenges without its language being under threat. The anglophone community has many cultural institutions. It has its own arts scene and culture. For a community to feel at home, for a community to flourish, it must have access to these types of cultural institutions, for example, not to mention its educational institutions. The action plan for official languages will help the community maintain institutions that it considers to be important. I believe that the member opposite must recognize this.
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Context: House Hansard - 194 - May/10/23
Mr. Marc Dalton
  • May/10/23 4:46:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Mr. Speaker, when my father was in the military, I lived in Chibougamau for a few years, as well as Valcartier. I went to an English school, and I appreciated the fact that I could receive my education in English. It is important, and it is an historic part of the charter, in the Constitution, for people whose first language is English. It is their right. We cannot take that away from people, from our Constitution and from Quebec.
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