Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, on the whole, we agree with the motion. There have been promises we have agreed with, but there was too much hemming and hawing, and things were taking too long. On the whole, we agree with the motion, which is asking the government to get serious. As everyone knows, the emergency wage subsidy was meant to help people in emergency situations.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, it is understood that it was Ottawa's decision because it was voted on here. Let's be clear. Let's be honest. I would remind all those who say that Quebec asked for it that Quebec discussed it two weeks ago and agreed that what happened did not make sense. Those who tell us that are people who do not want to accept the facts, who do not want to apologize, and we know that.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, Pierre Elliott Trudeau may be the great architect of French Quebec. However, he is also the architect of Canada's government of judges, which put Bill 101 through the wringer. I would ask my colleague to be serious the next time he speaks to us about this issue.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He did not specify what type of amendment he would like. It is difficult for me to speak to hypothetical questions, but I would still like to thank him for agreeing with the principle of an apology. I hope that when it comes time to vote, he will stand with us.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am speechless. My colleague's question is too much for me. I invite all members to come to my office for a drink after the House adjourns. I will tell them what I think about that in due course, and I will have time to think about it in the meantime.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères. If the threat of a coup was hanging over Quebec, surely Canada's intelligence services should have been aware of it. They should have been the first to say that the War Measures Act needed to be invoked.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I promise to speak directly to the motion in my speech. In 2003, Jacques Parizeau, one of the greatest statesmen in the history of Quebec, if not the greatest, said, “I did not put anyone in jail, but I was called fascist and intolerant. That is what image is all about.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for that wonderful testimony. It shows that, when it comes to identity issues, it is always better to accept someone than to turn one's back on them. I think that goes without saying. However, I find this debate has taken on a 1960s vibe. Members are trying to sell this, when it is an issue that should have been dealt with a long time ago.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, in his speech the parliamentary secretary spoke about the vaccine. We know that, so far, Canada has signed six agreements to procure 282 million doses of a future vaccine. With respect to the amounts committed by the Canadian government to reserve these millions of doses, the federal government explained that payment would be made to the drug companies contingent on successful clinical trials.

Aerospace Industry  Madam Speaker, unfortunately, that answer confirms what I feared. The member said the aerospace industry is important, but then he just repeated many of the statistics I included in my own remarks. I appreciate that, and I thank my colleague, but there is still the matter of turning that into a policy.

Aerospace Industry  Madam Speaker, I hope that the adjournment debate will help clarify some things. First, I would like to take this opportunity to commend my colleagues who are here in the House. The Bloc Québécois team is the biggest team in the House this evening. I am very pleased to see them here.

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague and I hope he is not featured on Infoman this week. He had a very nice tie. With respect to the Investment Canada Act, that would obviously be another aspect to watch closely. It is not particularly well suited, although it is already in effect, so when a transaction occurs, it does carry some weight.

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, brief answers are not really in my nature, but I will try. During a speech last week, I had an opportunity to speak out against that approach, which made no sense at all. When our work here is adjourned, we can come back a few days later and restart the House. Instead, we waited three months for an empty throne speech.

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question since it allows me to pick up where I left off. I was on a roll and now I can keep going. In the aerospace sector, adjustments are constantly being made throughout the entire life cycle of an aircraft. Credit for research and development is not adapted to that.

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, when he was the federal industry minister, the late Jean Lapierre said that the aerospace industry is to Quebec what the auto industry is to Ontario. That is true, because we are talking about 40,000 direct jobs, 100,000 indirect jobs, 220 businesses, including 200 SMEs, and $18 billion in sales, of which 80% are exports.