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House Hansard - 260

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 260 - Dec/1/23
Ms. Marie-Hélène Gaudreau (Laurentides—Labelle, BQ)
  • Dec/1/23 11:25:57 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, we are talking about the Canada-Quebec agreement, which stipulates that Quebec must take in a share of asylum seekers that is at least equal to its percentage of Canada's population. That is not a problem, but we are currently taking in twice our share, or 48% of asylum seekers. In the meantime, British Columbia is taking in 10 times fewer. The four Maritime provinces combined have welcome 285 people. That is not even 1%. In Quebec, we will continue to do our part, but will the federal government ensure that we are not the only ones?
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