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House Hansard - 329

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 11, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie
  • Jun/11/24 12:38:12 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question and for all his interventions in the House. In my speech, I focused on division 16, the open banking system. Clearly, the government did not consult Quebec, the other provinces or any market players. The sector, in other words the business community, has been asking the government to legislate since about 2016. The government finally presented a rough sketch of a bill, but there are major problems with what it is proposing. It really seems like the government does not listen and is slow to act. It does not do much. When it finally does do something, it creates serious problems, as it did in this case. Everything will be decided next fall in a future bill. What is being decided here in this bill is that the federal government is taking control of all jurisdictions that should normally be shared. I therefore urge my colleague to talk to his Conservative Party colleagues about voting with us to have this division taken out of the bill.
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Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Ms. Louise Chabot (Thérèse-De Blainville, BQ)
  • Jun/11/24 1:05:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of not having a plan, but the Liberals' plan is to spend money in jurisdictions that are not its own, that they are not responsible for and that are the sole purview of Quebec and the provinces, by imposing conditions. Quebec has established social programs, child care, dental care, health insurance and housing solutions. The federal government is investing billions of dollars in our areas of jurisdiction. At the same time, it is not spending money on strengthening its own social programs, such as old age security, employment insurance and its immigration policies. Does my colleague not think that his government's priority should be to invest in its own areas of jurisdiction?
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