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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
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Feb/8/24 5:29:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his wonderful speech. This bill may not look like much, but appointing a visual artist is quite important. We already have a poet in the House. Obviously, as an actor, as an artist who has worked in television, theatre and film, I am going to applaud having more arts in this Parliament. In fact, I will have a chance to talk about that shortly. However, there is one little detail I want to talk about. We should make sure that Bill S‑202 includes alternating appointments. If an English-speaking visual artist is appointed, a francophone must follow. At this time, Bill S‑202 does not include such a provision. I would like to know if my colleague agrees with that.
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