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House Hansard - 311

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 8, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 311 - May/8/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/8/24 2:32:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister seemed to endorse the vulgar slurs used by his MP, who made what I will call the “M-word” famous in the French-speaking world. It is all a bit of a distraction, however, because the real issue is actually the issue of funding for francophone universities. In order for us to move on from this and avoid getting tarred as foul-mouthed barbarians, could the Prime Minister ask the member to resign as chair of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie and to apologize to our partners throughout the Francophonie?
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Context: House Hansard - 311 - May/8/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/8/24 2:33:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have an expression in Quebec that goes, “je ne peux rien lui faire qu'il ne se fera pas lui-même”. In other words, he is his own worst enemy and keeps digging himself into a deeper hole. It has gotten to the point where he is doubling down and continues to endorse comments that make absolutely no sense by trying to do something that he is not particularly good at. Quick little jokes are not his strong suit. Could he take responsibility, tell the joker next to him to keep quiet and force the member to resign from the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie?
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Context: House Hansard - 311 - May/8/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/8/24 2:46:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned researchers who use the same figures as Statistics Canada are just looking for a fight, but not his MP, who insults Quebec and has made all of the Francophonie question his choice today. What would not count as a fight for the Prime Minister? Supporting the scatological little tantrum of his MP and friend?
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Context: House Hansard - 311 - May/8/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/8/24 2:48:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, the word that I used and that you called me out on is not nearly as bad as the word that the member over there used and that nobody said anything about. The Prime Minister is trying to sow division between francophones in Quebec and francophones in Canada. I would like to remind him that, in the last election, I wanted to talk about francophones outside Quebec during the English debate and I was told that that was not the place and that we could not talk about French during the English debate. Is that not picking a fight?
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Context: House Hansard - 311 - May/8/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/8/24 3:05:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let us touch briefly on extremism. Last week, a party leader was expelled from the House, partly for using the word “extremist” without apologizing. Today, the Prime Minister is congratulating his friend for saying exactly the same word to guests in committee. Is this a double standard or will he consider expelling his friend from the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie?
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Context: House Hansard - 311 - May/8/24
Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)
  • May/8/24 3:06:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I just heard that we need to protect both official languages. Where does English need protecting? This summer in Montreal there is going to be the equivalent of a global conference of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie that will be chaired by his friend, who, by his own actions, is embarrassing us on the world stage. I think I get it: The Liberals are trying to have everyone believe that French is just fine in Quebec and there is no need to do anything to make Canada's anglophones happy.
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