Evidence of meeting #85 for Official Languages in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was théberge.
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Conservative
Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
Minister, you have been in power for two years—
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Liberal
Mélanie Joly Liberal Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC
—and we are very proud of having done so. We invested $675 million in CBC/Radio-Canada—
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Conservative
Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
Madam Minister, Madam Minister, Madam Minister!
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Liberal
Mélanie Joly Liberal Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC
—and we increased the funding envelope for the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Conservative
Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
You're talking too long, Minister.
Your party has been in power for two years, and has been very generous with its wallet. Despite all that generosity and the money you doled out to all those fine folks, how is it, then, that those 100 people who put down their signatures are—
I was about to curse. My apologies.
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Conservative
Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
Very good. Let's use the term “ticked off”. It's acceptable.
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Conservative
Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
How is it that those folks are hopping mad or cheesed off at you?
“Cheesed off”, that's a good one, isn't it?
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Liberal
Mélanie Joly Liberal Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC
We invested $2.3 billion, and we are very proud of protecting Canada's culture.
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Conservative
Bernard Généreux Conservative Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
I would congratulate you if—
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Conservative
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NDP
Thomas Mulcair NDP Outremont, QC
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We know that the selection committee for the Commissioner of Official Languages had someone from the Privy Council Office, someone from Justice Canada, someone from the Treasury Board Secretariat, someone from the Prime Minister's Office, and someone representing the minister and the Department of Canadian Heritage, but it also had a member of the minister's staff.
Who was the minister's political representative on the selection committee?
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Liberal
Mélanie Joly Liberal Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC
Mr. Mulcair, we are very happy with the nomination process and, above all, the selected candidate. I hope you have the opportunity to ask him all the important questions. He will make an excellent officer of—
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NDP
Thomas Mulcair NDP Outremont, QC
Mr. Chair, I hope he will provide clearer answers than the minister.
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Liberal
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Liberal
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Conservative
The Vice-Chair Conservative Alupa Clarke
Quickly wrap up, please. The member will rephrase his question.
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Liberal
Mélanie Joly Liberal Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC
In the letter I sent you in July, I explained the entire selection process for the nomination, including the main stages of the process. I can provide you with it again, if you like.
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NDP
Thomas Mulcair NDP Outremont, QC
The question I am asking the minister is this. Who was the political representative from her office who sat on the selection committee? She knows what I mean. It's a valid question, given the topic. Can the minister tell us who her political representative was?
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Liberal
Mélanie Joly Liberal Ahuntsic-Cartierville, QC
The entire time, we, of course, made sure that the process was sound and that everyone on the selection committee was free of any possible conflict of interest. We are very glad that we now have an excellent nominee who will actually—
