Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to reassure my colleague. It goes without saying that, for us, protecting the French fact in Quebec and across Canada is extremely important. In 2006, under a former Conservative government, the House also recognized that Quebeckers form a nation within

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to see my colleague in the Bloc Québécois recognize that the Canadian Constitution exists. I would like to thank her for saying so in the House. Of course, we will work together to protect the French fact in Quebec, because French is Quebec’s

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for her question, which gives me an opportunity to remind the House about the government's position on official languages and specifically the protection of the French fact in Quebec and Canada. I want to remind my colleague that we wil

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, of course, I have the pleasure of confirming to my colleague our common objective of ensuring that francophones are able to work in French in federally regulated businesses, not only in Quebec but also in regions with a strong francophone presence. I am sure my colle

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, francophones are absolutely entitled to the same respect as all anglophones in Canada. That is why we decided to modernize the Official Languages Act and introduce an ambitious reform document that will give the public service more resources and tools to ensure tha

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, it goes without saying that we enforce the Official Languages Act. However, we do need to give it more teeth, which is why we made a historic decision this winter to make ambitious reforms to the act. We want to provide more tools to enforce language rights in Can

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, here in Ottawa, we take our responsibilities seriously, and we know we have to do more for French. That is exactly why we will make sure that complaints in both French and English receive equal treatment. We will make sure the public service meets its obligations

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, I would like to clarify for my colleague that the protection and promotion of the French language in Quebec and across Canada is a priority for the government. We tabled a reform document in the House and, for the first time ever, the federal government has said t

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, my colleague is trying to make something out of nothing. What is most important is that we all recognize that protecting and promoting the French language is important and that we ensure that linguistic minorities in Quebec and across the country are protected. T

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, the government recognizes that Quebeckers form a nation within Canada and that the official language of Quebec is French. We also recognized it in the reform document that I had the opportunity to table in the House earlier this winter. Now, it goes without saying

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would remind my colleague that we have recognized the special status of French since the reform document was tabled and even before that, in the Speech from the Throne, because French is indeed declining in Quebec and in Canada, and we must do more. For the first

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for Montarville for his excellent question. Indeed, our government has taken a historic step in recognizing the need to protect and promote French. We also want to enshrine the right of francophones to work in French, to be served in French

Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, of course, we understand that the tourism sector is undergoing great difficulties, and that is exactly why we have been there. We have been there to support people through the wage subsidy, the rent relief program, the CEBA, all the different support we got through t

Questions on the Order Paper  Mr. Speaker, the regional relief and recovery fund, RRRF, provides critical support to businesses and organizations that are not eligible for other federal government COVID relief measures and was designed to be a backstop for businesses that may have fallen through the cracks, t

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent work and his excellent question. Those of us on this side of the House have always stepped up to protect francophones in minority communities, and we always will. Post-secondary institutions are key to the vitality of our ling