Julie Vignola

[Pharmacare Act, June 3rd, 2024]

Madam Speaker, I am certain my colleague is expecting my question.

Health care is a jurisdiction of Quebec and the Canadian provinces. Quebec already has a pharmacare program. It is not perfect, but we can improve it.

Why is the government stubbornly trying to duplicate services in Quebec by offering its own separate insurance plan instead of letting Quebec manage it with the right to opt out with compensation?

[Pharmacare Act, June 3rd, 2024]

Madam Speaker, before I ask a question, I want to talk about something that came to mind when I was listening to my colleague's speech. I am wondering how some men would react if, tomorrow morning, all of the women in this Parliament introduced a bill that forced men to get a vasectomy until they were ready to procreate. Perhaps that is extreme, but no more so than preventing a woman from making her own choice about whether to go forward with a pregnancy or not. In my opinion, preventing her from making that choice is just as extreme, and we should not go there.

That being said, I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on how difficult it is to access services in remote areas, particularly any sort of gynecological care services. What does that involve in terms of time, travel and cost for women who need urgent gynecological care?

[Pharmacare Act, June 3rd, 2024]

Madam Speaker, we have said it before and we will say it again: Quebec is ahead of the game when it comes to pharmacare and many other areas.

I would like to know whether my colleague is aware that in Quebec, a woman who has limited means and no insurance can go to a family planning clinic and get her birth control pills free of charge. Quebec is ahead in this area. It already has public servants working on pharmacare.

Why not simply agree to a transfer and avoid duplicating the work of public servants for Quebeckers?

[Pharmacare Act, June 3rd, 2024]

Thank you, Madam Speaker.

As I was saying, Quebec has a pharmacare program that may not be perfect, but it is already in place and public servants are managing it.

My question is this. Is it not completely illogical to force a province that already has everything it needs to take care of such a system to pay taxes so that the Canadian government can create other positions and duplicate services already offered to Quebeckers, without bringing them any more benefits?

[Pharmacare Act, June 3rd, 2024]

Madam Speaker, we have already talked about the fact that Quebec has its own pharmacare plan and that the government refuses to include—

Madam Speaker, am I disturbing my colleagues who are talking amongst themselves? May I ask my question?

[Petitions, June 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, today in the House I would like to present a petition signed by 2,972 people across Canada listing the known problems with Canada Life and calling on the government to commit to resolving these deficiencies and to provide adequate services to all members of the public service.

[Committees of the House, June 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, the supplementary opinion points out that the federal government is unable to properly manage the files under its own jurisdiction, including Phoenix, passports, immigration and more. The Bloc Québécois is also making the following supplementary recommendation:

That the federal government endeavour to pay its employees, provide them with the health care they are entitled to receive and properly manage its own files instead of engaging in open conflict with the provinces by refusing to provide the right to opt out with compensation, while increasingly interfering in their areas of jurisdiction.

[Committees of the House, June 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, I need to seek unanimous consent to table a supplementary opinion to the report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.

[Entraide Agapè, June 3rd, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, for 40 years, Entraide Agapè has been a beacon for Beauport—Limoilou.

What began as a soup kitchen in the basement of the Saint-Roch church in 1981 has, over the years, grown into one of the largest community organizations in Quebec City. Entraide Agapè helps vulnerable people get the food they need thanks to its food bank, while the second-hand store operates as a social economy enterprise to fund the food bank.

I would like to commend the extraordinary dedication of Entraide Agapè's employees and volunteers, especially its general manager, Daniel Régimbal, who has been devoted to the cause for many years. Their ongoing commitment to supporting families and newcomers is inspiring and essential to our community.

I thank them for making a positive difference in the lives of so many people. They are a real pillar in Beauport—Limoilou; they are truly outstanding.

[Privilege, May 28th, 2024]

Madam Speaker, are we attacking the Speaker personally? No. We are just trying to ensure that the person in that role is impartial and neutral and that we do not have to wonder, every time the Speaker opens his mouth, whether his decision is impartial or neutral.

This is not a personal attack. I really like the member for Hull—Aylmer. However, he is not doing so well in his current role. We are not working with the Conservatives. We respect our values and decorum.