Discussion · Oral Questions
Christine Normandin Bloc Québécois
“The government treats Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu like Montreal, but workers will not travel that far. Local defence businesses cannot hire or keep the workers they need. I want the minister to change the rules.”
“Mr. Speaker, the federal government, in its laziness, assumes that all towns within the same census metropolitan area are the same, but I repeat: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is not Montreal. People from Montreal will not travel two and a half hours by public transit, one way, to come here and work. Let us not forget that we are a strategic national hub for defence and that, at a time when the federal government is investing in defence, local businesses are not allowed to hire staff or retain their existing workforce. Does the minister realize how absurd this is? Is she going to change the rules?”
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Opposition question in Question Period
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Mr. Speaker, the federal government, in its laziness, assumes that all towns within the same census metropolitan area are the same, but I repeat: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is not Montreal. People from Montreal will not travel two and a half hours by public transit, one way, to come here and work. Let us not forget that we are a strategic national hub for defence and that, at a time when the federal government is investing in defence, local businesses are not allowed to hire staff or retain their existing workforce. Does the minister realize how absurd this is? Is she going to change the rules?