“I'm telling a story about a businessman. He started a company in Quebec. Now he gives a lot of money to charity. That's really nice. The Quebec nation should be proud of businessmen like him. Quebec is better since we started more businesses.”
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A statement commemorating Robert Thibert, a Quebec entrepreneur. The Bloc Québécois member discussed how Thibert represented the Quiet Revolution and rise of Quebec entrepreneurs in the 1950s.