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House Hansard - 306

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 1, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/1/24 2:33:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am reassured. I have not been sleeping well for some time now. I am going to be able to return the signs to the printers and cancel the bus. The NDP is voting with the Liberals in favour of the budget. That being said, the Bloc Québécois is voting against it. Let me read something from Amira Elghawaby: We are committed to upholding the values of religious freedom...and equality that are imbedded in our constitution and are at the heart of our democracy. That is why we are challenging this discriminatory and unconstitutional law. If Ms. Elghawaby's mission was—
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/1/24 2:34:58 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, you have been too generous with the Ritalin. We are definitely talking about different sorts of bridges. I am talking about the bridges Ms. Elghawaby is supposed to be creating between communities. As Guy Rocher used to say, one person's privilege is another's injustice. With her attitude and measures like Islamic mortgages, Ms. Elghawaby will ensure that groups like the Haitian community, the Vietnamese community and the South American community will lack the same privileges as those of the Muslim community, which, I would point out, we welcome with open arms. How does the Prime Minister explain this?
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/1/24 2:46:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister sees fit to challenge, through the person of Ms. Elghawaby, a law passed by the Quebec National Assembly and to create a law for a minority within a minority, who, I would point out, asked for no such thing. It is a religious law. I respect the Muslim community at least as much as the Prime Minister does, but is he building bridges by creating privileges or by creating divisions?
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Context: House Hansard - 306 - May/1/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/1/24 2:48:13 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers want this law, and the money they have put into the Liberals' staggering deficit is going to pay for a Supreme Court challenge to a law that they want. In short, can he rein in Ms. Elghawaby, tell her to stop attacking Quebec and respect the right that Quebeckers have to live in a society with a secular state?
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