Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Immigration is meeting with his counterparts tomorrow and there is no shortage of demands. Quebec is calling for the integration of asylum seekers to be shared with the provinces, a cut to temporary immigration, the approval by Quebec of its candidate

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Quebec will not achieve its French integration targets if the number of people needing to learn French breaks records every year. Quebec cannot continue to take in 54% of all of Canada's asylum seekers. This is a matter of social justice for the people we can no lon

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the willingness to take in asylum seekers is real. Quebec will be unable to reverse the decline of French if the federal government rows in the opposite direction. Ottawa is responsible for two-thirds of Quebec's temporary immigration through the international mobil

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, Quebec just announced $603 million to stop the decline of French. Most of that amount will be used to teach French to temporary foreign workers. This is good news for the vitality of the French language, but it will not be enough, because the majority of foreign wor

The Budget  Madam Speaker, I really enjoyed my colleague's speech. It is clear that this budget is mostly about interfering in the jurisdictions of Quebec and the provinces. Now, let us talk about something that strictly concerns the federal government. I am talking about tax evasion. We

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I appreciated my colleague's speech. Of course we do not agree on many things, but we were told that the Conservative Party would be a decentralizing party. Yesterday, when it had the chance to prove it, the Conservative Party unfortunately voted against an amendmen

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, this morning La Presse reported that five families of Indian origin are crammed into a single apartment because of the housing crisis. That is beneath Canada and, unfortunately, it is the norm for thousands of asylum seekers. These people are arriving here and reali

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I think that maybe three months is all in his head. We are talking about the same families that are lining up at the overrun food banks in Parc-Extension and elsewhere. These families are enduring years of hardship because federal government delays are preventing th

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, that means he would have to listen, not just read off a sheet of paper. This morning, Quebec's immigration minister said that Quebec is still taking in too many asylum seekers and that the federal government needs to spread them out across Canada. First of all, Que

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, I just told him to stick to his jurisdictions. He really does not get it. He must ensure that work permits are granted. The federal government is facing a humanitarian crisis. It must do its duty. That also means distributing the intake of people who come to Canada

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, instead of acting like the sorcerer's apprentice in Quebec's jurisdictions with the budget, the federal government should look after the asylum seekers it is responsible for, the people who are not allowed to work because it takes two years to get a work permit from

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, imposing visas on Mexicans was necessary, but the federal government promised that it would not affect workers. Eastern Quebec is reeling from delays in the arrival of temporary foreign workers for fisheries and processing. Fortunately, after the leader of the Bloc

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, obviously, the Bloc Québécois is not against federal-provincial discussions to establish policies that meet everyone's needs. However, the motion before us today calls for the meeting to establish “plans for provinces to opt-out of the federal carbon tax to pursue

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, when it comes to the asylum seekers file, the Minister of Immigration has some nerve. It has been since 2021 that Quebec has been calling on the federal government to reimburse the costs and ensure that asylum seekers are spread out among the provinces. It has been t

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the bill would not be as high if the federal government dealt with asylum claims in a timely fashion. Former Liberal minister David Heurtel reminded us of that in the Journal de Montréal. Quebec experienced the same problems in 2018 under Philippe Couillard. Even the