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House Hansard - 278

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Mr. Rhéal Éloi Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord, BQ)
  • Feb/8/24 2:56:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, French is hanging by a thread in Canada. We saw it again in committee. The Liberal parliamentary secretary, the Conservatives and the NDP all voted against bilingualism for the miscarriage of justice review commission. The Liberal member's pretext was that he was defending unilingual francophones. Give me a break. Francophones always lose when bilingualism takes a back seat. He added that he was defending anglophones. That I can believe. If justice is bilingual, if Canada is bilingual, why can the minister not commit to appointing bilingual commissioners?
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Hon. Randy Boissonnault (Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/24 2:58:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I respect my hon. colleague. We promote bilingualism. We respect the tribunal. We respect the committee. A 2,000-page bilingual report that Canadians can read is coming.
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