44th Parl. 1st Sess.

February 15, 2024 10:00AM

Context: House Hansard - 283 - Feb/15/24

Hon. Marc Miller (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)

Feb/15/24 2:38:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to point out that we are already transferring $5.2 billion to the Quebec government, partly for French-language instruction. I hope the member opposite is not saying that he wants to deport people who do not speak French in Canada. That would be an illegal, immoral and inhumane thing to do. We are well aware that more work needs to be done to share the burden that is falling on Quebec. We will continue to do so with the province of Quebec.

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Context: House Hansard - 283 - Feb/15/24

Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Lac-Saint-Jean, BQ)

Feb/15/24 2:38:56 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, these answers are no longer credible, but that is okay. I will continue. Quebec's French language commissioner goes further. He proposes that the federal government ensure that asylum seekers are spread out among the provinces, taking language into account. Ottawa could encourage people who have knowledge of French to stay in Quebec or, as the Bloc Québécois proposes, go to franco-Canadian communities. As far as anglophones are concerned, Ottawa could encourage them to go to an anglophone province. That would make it easier for them to access the labour market and it would reduce the cost of linguistic integration. Does the minister not think this is an excellent idea?

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