Maxime Blanchette-Joncas on Government Business No. 12—Proceedings on Bill C-30

In the House of Commons on June 15th, 2026. See this statement in context.

Government Business No. 12—Proceedings on BillC‑30Government Business No. 12—Proceedings on Bill C-30Government Orders

June 15th, 2026 / 1:55 p.m.

Bloc

Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Rimouski—La Matapédia, QC

Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to sit with my colleague on the Standing Committee on Science and Research. We share certain rural boundaries and we have an awareness of some of our mutual realities.

I would like to talk to him about the EI issue. The Liberals, who were in power back then, have been promising a reform since 2015. The Trudeau government said so in 2015. Then, during the 2019 campaign, it said it again. In 2021, the budget even promised that the reform would get done. Here we are, in 2026, and we are still waiting. The government is offering temporary solutions to a permanent problem.

Does my colleague truly believe that he is building Canada strong by proposing temporary solutions to a permanent problem?

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