Status of the French Language in Montreal  Mr. Speaker, my regards to my colleague from Nova Scotia. I want him to know that my mother-in-law, who is a Samson, was at the dedication of the Samson family monument in Lévis. I appreciate your passion, Mr. Samson. One can feel your Latin fire, and it is very inspiring. It is

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Mr. Speaker, I have the pleasure and privilege of participating in this debate on the status of the French language, in particular in Quebec. I am moved by all of the speeches I have heard and by a warmth in the House that is radiating all the way here, in Lévis. I applaud my co

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Madam Chair, I thank the minister for her question. Her question is interesting, because the minister has the ability to support post-secondary institutions across the country. It is the role of the federal government to assist institutions, and this role is entrenched in the cu

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Madam Chair, basically I can tell my colleague that we are in favour of applying the Charter of the French Language to federally regulated businesses. I can also tell her that we are in favour of adequate knowledge of French for candidates who want to obtain Canadian citizenship

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Madam Chair, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. Like many people, I admire his mastery of the French language. I want to tell him that I had the opportunity to visit Saint-Boniface. The first time I was there I was not even an MP. I felt like I was in Saint-Hyacinthe. I

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Madam Chair, I thank my colleague and riding neighbour for his question. I also thank him for his outstanding contribution to the Standing Committee on Official Languages. In fact, he is one of the longest serving members of the committee. He has travelled the country and defende

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Madam Chair, we support applying the Charter of the French Language to federal bodies and we also want people applying for citizenship in Quebec to have a knowledge of French. We have concrete measures that will modernize the Official Languages Act, and we will continue take conc

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Madam Chair, I thank my colleague for his speech. He mentioned the challenges facing the anglophone minority community in Montreal. Does my colleague agree with the organization that represents that community, the Quebec Community Groups Network? He is very familiar with organi

Status of the French Language in Montreal  Madam Chair, I commend my colleague for his passion for the French language. I also commend my colleague from Acadia who reminded us that René Lévesque was born in his neck of the woods. Before I ask my question, I want to tell my colleague and the people watching us that I am

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are using their white paper on official languages to buy time until the next election. Meanwhile, they are holding communities hostage. The Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne and the Quebec Community Groups Network want this. Will th

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague from British Columbia, the member for Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo. I would have liked to ask the Liberal minister a question. We are in the midst of a pandemic, and it is true that the environment we live in is disrupted.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague. I see that he paid close attention to my speech, and I want to say to him that the Conservatives supported measures to help people during the pandemic. However, the government put measures in place without consulting Parliament when it prorog

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, one vision that we have as Conservatives is that we do not like the approach of “Ottawa knows best”. Actually, we believe that the expertise is in the provinces, just as it is in Quebec and Ontario or elsewhere in the country. We feel that provinces are best place

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from British Columbia for his question. We are both members of the Standing Committee on Official Languages, and it is a pleasure to have a francophile like him on the committee who is working to sustain the vitality of linguistic communities a

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, it is obvious that, despite their claims, the Liberals care very little about the status of French in Quebec. Yesterday at the Standing Committee on Government Operations, we obtained confirmation not only that the Treasury Board's rules were not respected in the co