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{
"time": "2026-01-26 14:05:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele, BQ)",
"fr": "Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'\u00cele, BQ)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"9119445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Mr. Speaker, Quebec has lost a great patriot. Jean Dorion passed away after a lifetime devoted to Quebec independence.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9119446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Early on, Jean Dorion was an activist with the Rassemblement pour l'ind\u00e9pendance nationale and a founding member of the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois. He served as chief of staff under Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9vesque and was responsible for key portfolios, such as immigration and the enforcement of the Charter of the French Language. He served as president of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montr\u00e9al, where I had the honour of working alongside him. He represented our nation as Quebec's delegate to Japan and as a member of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois here in Ottawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9119447\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Jean Dorion spent his entire life fighting for our language and culture, and for a Quebec that opens its arms to everyone. On behalf of the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, I would like to offer my condolences to his wife, his five children and all the separatist activists who are now continuing his quest to make Quebec a country.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"9119445\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le Qu\u00e9bec a perdu un de ses grands patriotes. Jean Dorion nous a quitt\u00e9s apr\u00e8s une vie tout enti\u00e8re consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 l'ind\u00e9pendance du Qu\u00e9bec.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9119446\" data-originallang=\"fr\">D'abord militant du Rassemblement pour l'ind\u00e9pendance nationale et membre fondateur du Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, Jean Dorion a \u00e9t\u00e9 chef de cabinet sous Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9vesque et responsable des dossiers phares de l'immigration et de l'application de la Charte de la langue fran\u00e7aise. Il a pr\u00e9sid\u00e9 la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Saint\u2011Jean\u2011Baptiste de Montr\u00e9al, o\u00f9 j'ai eu l'honneur de le c\u00f4toyer. Il a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 notre nation en tant que d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec au Japon, et en tant que d\u00e9put\u00e9 du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, ici \u00e0 Ottawa.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"9119447\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Jean Dorion s'est battu toute sa vie pour notre langue, notre culture et pour un Qu\u00e9bec qui tend la main \u00e0 toutes et \u00e0 tous. Au nom du Bloc qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, je tiens \u00e0 offrir mes condol\u00e9ances \u00e0 son \u00e9pouse, \u00e0 ses cinq enfants, ainsi qu'\u00e0 tous les militants ind\u00e9pendantistes qui poursuivent aujourd'hui sa qu\u00eate de faire du Qu\u00e9bec un pays.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2026/1/26/mario-beaulieu-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/mario-beaulieu/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/4426/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "13313423",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements by Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations de d\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Jean Dorion",
"fr": "Jean Dorion"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2026/1/26/",
"related": {
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}
}