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Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/19/24 2:18:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, in a few days, Quebec will be celebrating and will be celebrated. Quebec will be proudly celebrated in song, in dance and in words, as well as in the tributes to the great Jean-Pierre Ferland and the great Karl Tremblay, who have sadly left us. Quebec will celebrate each and every person who has contributed over the past four centuries to the diversity of a francophone nation in America, a nation founded on the lands of the first nations who had been breathing life into the continent for millennia and would breathe life into the country that would be. Let us celebrate our country and its caring people. Let us celebrate our generous and welcoming nation, a nation of solidarity, a nation with its heart in the right place. Let us celebrate the French language, which only brings us closer together the more it is imperilled, the language that unites our way of life. My friends, let us celebrate our Quebec, which is certainly a country in the making, and let us cheerfully make this a truly national holiday. Happy national holiday to all Quebeckers.

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Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/19/24 2:29:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, according to Canada Post, employees do not need to speak French to deliver or sort mail in Quebec. The reason given is that letter carriers do not talk to anyone, not even the dogs chasing them, not at the post office, not on the street, not at people's homes, never. Will the Prime Minister call Canada Post to order and demand that its employees in Quebec speak French?

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Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/19/24 2:30:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when it comes to French, the Liberal government is a false advertiser. In public, with their grand gestures and ridiculous rhetoric, more reminiscent of Molière than Shakespeare, the Liberals love the French language, save for a few outliers in Montreal. The truth is that the government is looking on as French declines everywhere, all the time, yet it invests in protecting English. Does the Prime Minister recognize that his policies are causing French to decline?

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Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/19/24 2:43:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, because American companies misunderstand Bill 96 on French in Quebec, they are pressuring Joe Biden's government to impose U.S. sanctions to counter Quebec's language law. Will the Prime Minister shoulder his responsibilities when it comes to the United States? Will the Prime Minister protect a law that was legitimately passed in Quebec, or will he let our largest trading partner dictate our own language laws?

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Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/19/24 2:44:16 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he is allergic to the simple word “yes”. We can see it: The inability to ensure that the number of immigrants Quebec so generously welcomes learn French, the decline of French in the Canadian public service, the unilingual English federally regulated employees in Quebec, the protection given a member who insults researchers duly invited to Parliament, all the money for protecting so-called minority languages in Canada sent to anglophones in Quebec, and the funds spent on fighting Bill 96 all the way to the Supreme Court. Does the Prime Minister realize that francophones in Quebec and Canada—and we might be their only friends—are wondering if French even has a future here?

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Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/19/24 3:02:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, with some help from the Conservatives, the woodland caribou is at risk of extinction. That must not happen. However, thousands of forestry jobs are also at risk of extinction, with some help from the Liberals. Our forests are one of Quebec's most ecological and important assets. I cannot accept either prospect. Does the Prime Minister agree that the woodland caribou issue is a test of our ability to reconcile the creation of wealth with the environment? Does he agree to let Quebec, the forestry industry and indigenous peoples negotiate a solution together?

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Context: House Hansard - 335 - Jun/19/24

Mr. Yves-François Blanchet (Beloeil—Chambly, BQ)

Jun/19/24 3:03:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the government imposes decrees, that will lead to economic disaster for the forest industry. If Quebec does not reach an agreement with the industry, environmentalists, indigenous peoples, unions and municipalities, the woodland caribou will disappear. The Conservatives claim to be fixing this, but in a year and a half, businesses will already be closed, the species will be more at risk and jobs will be lost. I do not know what the Prime Minister will say, but I will say this. The Bloc Québécois and I will commit to finding negotiated and agreed-upon solutions to support the Quebec government, which has exclusive jurisdiction over forestry.

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