Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We're aware that millions of documents aren't going to be read right away. I say it again, with all due respect to my colleagues, especially since here, on the topic currently under discussion, the Bloc Québécois asks questions every day in the House, and our government gives an answer every time. To bridge the gap effectively or for the people at home who are following our work, I'll note that there's ample evidence: It still concerns the motion.
In my riding, I ran into a 76‑year‑old woman who told me that she watches me every day, that she sees what I do in committee, that she listens to the Bloc Québécois, the Conservatives and the Liberals, and that she thinks she's going to become a Liberal. That's a small detail.
To bridge the gap effectively, or for the people at home who are following our work, I'd like to come back to the context that has led us to debate Mrs. Falk's amendment and, at the same time, Ms. Larouche's motion today. I'm going to read the latter so that the people who follow our work can hear the content and judge whether it's important.
That the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities request that the Department of Employment and Social Development, the Department of Public Works and Government Services, the Privy Council Office, as well as the Prime Minister’s Office, provide to the clerk of the committee, within 30 days of the adoption of this motion, all reports, correspondence, emails and documents related to the management of the benefits delivery modernization since January 1, 2017, and that the departments and offices responsible for producing the documents apply redactions in accordance with the legal obligations set out in the Privacy Act and the Access to Information Act.
You know, what matters to the people who are currently waiting for their old age security payments is paying their rent and stocking up the fridge. It isn't diverting public servants from their work to provide thousands of pages to the opposition parties. I'll say it, even if they don't like it, but they might not read those pages. Anyway, that's okay.
Do you know how many Canadians have talked to me about what we're discussing right now? There has been only one lady in my riding. I don't know if my colleagues have people in their ridings who are dealing with this situation, but I have always witnessed that when opposition members raise the issue to our government, in the House, the minister or her lieutenant always asks whether there are people in ridings in this situation and, if so, to bring the files to them. To date, no files have been submitted. I don't know if they're meeting anyone in this situation, but no files have been submitted.
It's really unfortunate to see that the Bloc Québécois, aided by the Conservatives, is slowing down Parliament's work by proposing motions that are unrelated to the subjects being studied.
When Ms. Larouche proposed her motion, there were witnesses from Quebec, experts who talked to us about student housing and homelessness. Ms. Larouche proposed her motion, which silenced the witnesses, which annoyed me because, personally, under no circumstances will I accept disrespect for someone who has come from Quebec to Ottawa to speak to the government. That's something I have never condoned.