Alexandre Boulerice

[Climate Change, November 7th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, the Liberal budget is deeply flawed in many important areas, but the climate plan has become a sick joke, at a time when our collective home is on fire. It abandons the greenhouse gas reduction targets for 2030. It eliminates the emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. The Liberal climate strategy boils down to tax credits for critical minerals and carbon capture, which basically amounts to subsidies for mining and oil companies.

How can the Liberals call this a generational budget when it ignores the future of generations to come?

[Petitions, November 5th, 2025]

The last petition concerns the fact that people who hold a Palestinian Authority ID or passport are being refused entry at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, even though they have a valid Canadian passport.

Unlike Canada, the United States has successfully secured equal treatment for its citizens with Palestinian Authority ID, but we have not. These people are calling on the Government of Canada to ensure that all Canadian citizens, regardless of whether they hold a Palestinian Authority ID or passport, are granted equal treatment by Israel, including the ability to enter the country via the Ben Gurion Airport.

[Petitions, November 5th, 2025]

The second petition concerns the fact that the President of the United States signed an executive order imposing a broad sanctions regime on the International Criminal Court, its officials, its staff and their families. This order attacks an institution that is the last international bastion for ending impunity for the gravest of crimes, such as mass atrocities, war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to publicly condemn the order made by the United States on February 6, 2025, by promptly issuing a statement of support for the court and its staff, and to fully co-operate with the International Criminal Court, including by executing all arrest warrants issued by the court, such as those for Omar al-Bashir, Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.

[Petitions, November 5th, 2025]

Madam Speaker, I am rising to table three petitions.

The first is from people who are concerned about the situation at Canada Post and the upcoming service cuts. They also believe that there is a potential conflict of interest involving the CEO of Canada Post, who sits on the board of Purolator. These people are calling for the Auditor General to undertake an analysis of Canada Post and provide the public with a report detailing categories of expenditures to confirm whether the losses reported as being “operational” are truly so. Investments are not currently considered capital investments. The petitioners are therefore calling for the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada to investigate possible corporate malfeasance by analyzing the conflicts of interest, dubious capital purchases and decision-making process. Finally, the petitioners are calling for workers to be given a voice regarding costly new methods and unnecessary spending.

[Ninette Piou, November 5th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, we had some good news yesterday. No, I am not really talking about the budget. I am talking about the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York.

Let us return closer to home, to my riding of Rosemont—La Petite‑Patrie, where we also have some good news. During Black History Month, Ninette Piou, director of the Centre N A Rive, was recognized for her involvement and dedication. For over 40 years, Ms. Piou has been working at the centre, which is a place of learning, integration and recreation. We need only think of all the workshops offered to immigrant women, the organization of the Haitian book festival in Montreal or the creation of the Institut créole et du patrimoine culturel haïtien. As a passionate advocate for social justice and communal peace and harmony, Ms. Piou is a true pillar of La Petite‑Patrie.

I want to congratulate Ninette and thank her for working tirelessly to build a better world where everyone can live in dignity.

[The Budget, November 4th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers and Canadians are facing an employment crisis with unemployment rates at a 10-year high, especially among young people. Yet the government wants to cut 40,000 public service jobs. These are good union jobs that support families, and the Liberals want to eliminate them.

Every one of these employees is providing services to Quebeckers and Canadians, and they need them. The Prime Minister told Canadians during the election that he would cap the number of employees within the public service, not cut their positions.

Why is this Liberal government breaking its promise by cutting good jobs and services at a time when people need them the most?

[Employment, October 24th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, the news came as a shock wave this morning: President Trump calls off trade negotiations with Canada. It is a blatant failure of this Prime Minister. After being elected as a master negotiator, he leaves us high and dry. He did everything to pander to Trump: border security, military spending, opening the Keystone XL pipeline and dropping the tax on web giants. He was practically on his knees in the Oval Office, as job losses mounted.

When will he stand up and come up with a real strategy to protect workers?

[Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, October 23rd, 2025]

Madam Speaker, I believe that Canada has obligations when it comes to taking in refugees. If there is an increase in the number of refugees around the world, it is because there is an increase in crises around the world too, caused by conflict, civil war and the climate crisis.

It is not up to us to determine how many asylum seekers show up at our border. All countries face the same requirement. That is no reason to attack refugees and asylum seekers.

[Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, October 23rd, 2025]

Madam Speaker, criminal smugglers who exploit people trying to find a better life and a better future here must obviously be prosecuted. We need to have the tools to do that.

However, what I am saying, and what the NDP is saying, is that we must do it in a way that will not affect the remedies and procedures that protect these people's rights. As it stands now, Bill C‑12 is fundamentally flawed. There are 300 organizations that are calling on us to vote against the bill, because it would allow the executive branch to suspend the processing of certain immigration applications. This does nothing to crack down on smugglers. All it does is penalize people who are trying to come here. The executive branch will be able to cancel visas, work permits or PR documents whenever it feels this is in the public interest. However, there is no definition of what constitutes the public interest.

These are arbitrary powers that the Liberals want to give themselves so that they can tell U.S. President Donald Trump that they are strong and serious and that they too are capable of turning people away at the border or deporting them en masse.

[Strengthening Canada's Immigration System and Borders Act, October 23rd, 2025]

Madam Speaker, obviously, the CBSA experienced major staffing cuts under Stephen Harper's government. However, the Liberals have done nothing to remedy that situation over the past 10 years. Giving border officers back their powers and resources would help in the fight against auto theft and against the trafficking of fentanyl, drugs and illegal weapons. That is a good thing.

That said, why did it take the Liberal government 10 years to do something about this? The NDP wants to know. The other question I have today is this: Why does the Liberal plan involve attacking refugees and asylum seekers by violating their fundamental rights and taking away the recourse they may be entitled to?