Riding of Beauport—Limoilou  Mr. Speaker, today I would like to salute the people and organizations of Beauport—Limoilou for their strength, their resilience and their willingness to help one another. People in our community donate clothing to organizations and food to outdoor refrigerators like the one at Patro Roc-Amadour.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to hear what my hon. colleague thinks of the government members' stubborn refusal to take us up on our invitation to amend the motion to make it more acceptable to them and to show some honesty and transparency to Canadians.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to pick up on what my colleague from Brampton South just said. There is a very simple reason why my colleague and the entire government have been able to repeatedly bash the provinces' management of seniors' homes. Quebec and the other provinces were honest and transparent about their figures and their management.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would have liked to hear what my colleague had to say. She worked on the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates this summer and she asked very relevant questions. I believe I know where my colleague was going. It is very important to work together for the good of Quebeckers and Canadians.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for the excellent question. Last year, the Speech from the Throne mentioned that the government and the opposition parties had to work together. What is being proposed is what was asked. It is even more necessary now, during the pandemic, to protect our citizens and our public finances.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for his question. I enjoy working with him on the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. I touched on this briefly during my speech, but at the beginning of the pandemic, scientists all over the world were saying that we needed to work together and that research should, ideally, be open source, which means that everyone would contribute.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, dealing with a pandemic is not part of our normal routine. The last pandemic, the Spanish flu, was over 100 years ago. Obviously, no one here today was alive at the time, not even the member for Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—I love you, Louis—despite what some people may think.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, from the outset, since we arrived here almost a year ago, my colleagues and I have been making proposals. The proposed committee will examine the situations that have occurred since the beginning of the pandemic. We will be able to learn valuable lessons and find some good solutions for all parliamentarians and parties from that.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I have said it once and I will say it again: Yes, it is important to ensure that individuals make a free, informed decision and that they not be coerced. That is why the bill calls for a 90-day waiting period and support from a social worker.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I am not a lawyer. However, in this case, a superior court handed down a ruling to address an unfair and unjust situation, where a right was taken away from people who were supposed to be treated equally. In my humble opinion, continuing the legal proceedings would only have added to the impression that these people are separate and different.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Nowhere in the bill does it say that someone who is suicidal can access MAID. On the contrary, the bill states that someone with a degenerative disability would have 90 days to reflect on their decision and would have the necessary support to ensure that they are not in a state of distress.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, no one likes to talk about death. It reminds us that we are mortal, as are the people we love and the people we are emotionally attached to. We do not like to feel negative emotions. Our brain reacts negatively to these emotions by releasing hormones that make us panic.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her speech, which was very personal and very moving. I just want to pick up on the idea of the foreseeability of death. Alzheimer's follows a certain progression. My colleague's grandmother went through that progression, as have some other people I know.

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, this bill is one more step toward more equitable situation-dependent access to medical assistance in dying. This weekend, I had a conversation with my father. I believe there is an issue here with respect to foreseeability. Take, for example, a person diagnosed with a very serious terminal illness who may nevertheless live for months or years.

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, that brings to mind a Dalida song, but I will not sing it. I will spare your ears. For the second time in recent weeks, because of its poor planning and childish insistence on excluding and snubbing the Davie shipyard, the government has bought a used ship from another country instead of investing here at home.