Small Business  Mr. Speaker, a cloud of bankruptcy is looming over our companies, and this is only just the beginning. According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, 250,000 small and medium-sized businesses, or SMEs, are at risk of closing this year because they are unable to repay their CEBA loans on time.

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, 18 days or three months will not fix everything. One thousand, nine hundred companies already went bankrupt last year, and that is just the start. The Canada emergency business account is a government program, not a banking service. It was created by the government, and struggling businesses want to negotiate and sign agreements with the government.

350th Anniversary of City of Terrebonne  Mr. Speaker, I would like to say hello to my dad. I would like to wish a happy anniversary to the residents of Terrebonne, who are celebrating their city's 350th anniversary this year. Since it was founded in 1673, the face of Terrebonne has been shaped by the construction of a flour mill, and then by the arrival of the textile industry.

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her speech. Fundamentally, we agree. The housing crisis has reached catastrophic levels. We need to build 1.1 million housing units over the next 10 years. That is how many units it was determined we need. However, in the last five years, the federal government managed to build only 200,000.

Government Business No. 26—Amendments to the Standing Orders  Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my hon. colleague for her excellent speech, which stands out from the other speeches that were all about lofty theories and the broad principles of modernization. She showed us what real democracy is. It means taking care of one another above all else.

Government Business No. 26—Amendments to the Standing Orders  Madam Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to ask this question, which I was very keen to ask. In his speech, my colleague talked about lofty values and democracy. I would like him to come down from the clouds and talk about where much of the democratic work really happens in Parliament, which is in committees.

Government Business No. 26—Amendments to the Standing Orders  Mr. Speaker, my colleague talks a great deal about partisanship. However, this is the first time that a party has tried to change a fundamental aspect of House operations without the unanimous consent of the House. Other changes were started and then stopped due to a lack of unanimous consent in the House.

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, the government has such a habit of letting its work be done by Crown corporations and officials that it cannot even answer its own questions. The deadline of December 31 seemed reasonable at the start of the pandemic. It was believed that the economy could be put on hold and then re-opened, and that that would be the end of it.

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, during lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic, the government brought in the emergency business account. It provided loans of up to $60,000, $20,000 of which was forgivable if the loan was paid off by a certain deadline. That was the right thing to do. Some 900,000 business owners needed it.

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, the majority of what we are voting on today under ways and means will go into the economy, but through tax credits for questionable environmental projects. How does my colleague explain that this government says one thing and makes itself out to be a champion of the environment, but then funds fossil fuels, with no means to ensure accountability, to boot?

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the minister for joining us. I should not say that, but I thank her anyway. I would like to ask a question on a topic of great concern to me. In our role as members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, we expect a certain degree of accountability, particularly from the departments, but also from Crown corporations.

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would like to follow up with the question I asked another Conservative colleague about reconciling the fiscal restraint he mentioned with the fact that the government has invested an additional $3 billion in Trans Mountain, bringing its total investment to $30 billion.

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I will quickly ask my colleague my question. While the government is currently lending Trans Mountain $3 billion, which aligns with the Conservative Party's loyalties to fossil fuels, the Conservative Party has been droning on ad nauseam for months about the need for fiscal restraint.

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I commend my colleague, who was also a member of the Standing Committee on Finance. I remember when we were debating Bill C‑2. I would like to have a bit of clarity on something. Clause 510 officially recognizes Charles III as King of Canada. One of the Conservative Party's motions calls for this clause to be deleted.

Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I congratulate my colleague for his excellent speech. One of the things he spoke to was employment insurance. I know that the topic is important to him. I would like to hear him speak about the environment as well. Bill C‑47 is very short on environmental proposals, to put it mildly.