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Joël Lightbound

Liberal on Finance 2026-11-03

Replying to Yves-François Blanchet (Bloc Québécois)

“Mr. Speaker, under this government’s policies, Americans may at times find themselves masters in our own house. They are when it comes to the Prime Minister’s cultural surrender to the Internet giants. They are through his betrayal of the climate and through the use of Quebec taxpayers’ money to fund pipelines and subsidies benefiting the American owners of oil companies. They are through the concessions this government was willing to make on supply management. Will the budget put an end to these attacks on the interests of Quebec, or will the Americans call themselves masters of our house?”

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Mr. Speaker, the question from the leader of the Bloc Québécois covers a lot of ground. I would like to point out, however, that we made historic investments of $750 million in culture in the last budget. We added $600 million to that amount before the Bloc Québécois even requested a dime for Quebec culture. The government is not about to take lessons from the Bloc Québécois. Now, I invite him to stay in the House until Thursday for the tabling of an excellent budget that is going to benefit Quebec and Canada.