Julie Vignola

[Privilege, September 26th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my esteemed and very competent colleague from Laurentides—Labelle.

Let me say right away that we agree. Parliament has the power to demand documents. Its only limitation is the good judgment of the House. Whether or not the RCMP decides to use the documents is up to the RCMP. As far as we are concerned, demanding documents and providing them is not interference in the judicial branch; it is providing the tools that the judicial branch may or may not need.

This is clearly not interference. If this counts as interference in the judicial branch, then anyone who happens to find a gun and turns it over to the RCMP would be interfering in the judicial branch. If, tomorrow morning, I found a bloody weapon and turned it over to the RCMP, since I am a legislator, I would be interfering in the judicial branch. It is a fine line, but we are nowhere near that line.

The government is mixing things up. More importantly, it wants to limit the powers of the members of this House, the elected officials who represent the entire population.

We are not directing the police, and we are not a people's court, either. I would also remind all members of the House that we are not judges, a jury, witnesses or a tribunal. It is imperative that we maintain that separation.

I am confident that the motion as amended respects judicial, legislative and executive powers.

[Privilege, September 26th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I keep hearing about the importance of the separation of the three powers. I completely agree with that. That is the foundation of democracy.

However, the request being made does not infringe on this separation of powers. We are not giving an order to the RCMP. We are asking for the production of documents that are potentially evidence and the RCMP can take it from there. It is not an order to conduct an investigation. If it were, that would overstep our duty to respect the separation of powers. We are simply providing potential evidence, however.

Does the member make the distinction between providing potential evidence and wrongly assuming a power? If not, there is a problem.

[Privilege, September 26th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, members of this House who are familiar with the file are well aware of the purpose of the amendment my colleague just brought forward. We know why this amendment is important.

I would like my colleague to take a moment to explain this to those who may be watching us, because they may have lost track of the discussion since June, but they have every interest in knowing why this amendment is important to our discussions.

[Business of Supply, September 26th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

The individual my hon. colleague referred to is in prison for life. He is not walking around on our streets.

[Business of Supply, September 26th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, it is important to talk about the good that we have done. Canada is not all misery, devastation and destruction. Some things are going well.

That being said, there are other things that are not going so well. It is important to talk about those things too. That is one of the opposition's main jobs, but the government also has to acknowledge problem areas. If we ignore what is not going well, then we are ignoring what needs to be improved. There are a lot of things that need to be improved, including border management, whether in terms of immigration or the management of goods crossing the border. I am talking in particular about illegal weapons.

I would like to know what the government actually intends to do on the ground to ensure that illegal weapons can no longer cross the border and so that Canada can restore its good reputation in this regard.

[Official Languages, September 26th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, Quebec City is the cradle of the French language in America. However, the Governor General cancelled her visit to an organization called Pignon Bleu because she still does not understand French even though she promised to learn it three years ago. Pignon Bleu's preparations for Ms. Simon's visit were all for naught. Pignon Bleu thought it could express itself in its language, French. Ms. Simon is still unable to treat the organization with a modicum of respect.

How can the Liberals consider this acceptable and justifiable?

[Military Justice System Modernization Act, September 19th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I enjoyed my colleague's speech, which was very sensible. There is still important work to do. We must continue to do it in order to protect people and especially our soldiers. Sending this bill to committee is a first step. We also need to leave enough time so that the bill can get to the Senate and then be given royal assent. That is part of our responsibility.

My colleague does not have confidence in this government, and we cannot blame him. That being said, does he have confidence in all of the opposition parties?

[Québec Capitales Baseball Team, September 19th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, as the saying goes, all good things come in threes. Quebec City's baseball team, the Capitales, took that to heart and won their third consecutive Frontier League championship. Fans were treated to quite a show.

On Saturday, in an exhilarating and spectacular game, the Capitales won the finals against the Washington Wild Things, thanks to magician Anthony Quirion, who hit a three-run homer.

This is the 10th title in the history of the franchise, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. This title is the result of the talent, consistency and hard work of all the players and the entire organization, including manager Patrick Scalabrini and president Michel Laplante.

Congratulations, and thank you for being the pride of our town for another year running. Until next year.

[Committees of the House, September 17th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, yes, the report does include Coredal without mentioning it. However, it should be noted that it was Coredal when these two individuals took ownership. Before Mr. Firth and Mr. Anthony took over, Coredal had its own owner with its own contracts. Therefore, we are going back to the point where these two people became the owners of Coredal.

[Committees of the House, September 17th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, in response to the question from my esteemed colleague from Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, I would like to share a story. During my career, when I became vice-principal of a school, I was given two pieces of advice that I did not follow. The first was to never admit having made a mistake. I did not follow it. I am the first person to admit when I am wrong. That is what it means to be accountable. If I never admit that I have made a mistake, I wonder how I could become a better person.

The second piece of advice I did not follow was to believe that one cannot be accused of something one has no knowledge of. I have never followed that advice, because if I know something, I would rather say it, take responsibility and ensure, once again, that things get better.

Human beings are one of the things that get better, and they also need to improve on a daily basis. The ultimate goal in life is to keep learning every day. To do that, we have to recognize our responsibilities and acknowledge our mistakes.