Mélanie Joly

[The Economy, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her hard work and congratulate her on her election in Sudbury.

She is right. The tariff war launched by the Americans is having a direct impact on our workers and creating a lot of uncertainty across the country. That is why we are going to invest heavily in creating jobs across the country, including in her riding of Sudbury and in northern Ontario.

We will attract investment from around the world. We will reduce our dependence on the Americans. Canada is not for sale. We are ready to do business.

[Housing, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, what Quebeckers and Canadians want to know is how we are going to help them through this housing and affordability crisis. The minister has been clear and our government has been clear: We are lowering taxes. We are making sure that we lower taxes on the middle class. We also want to eliminate the goods and services tax for first-time homebuyers. We abolished the carbon tax too. We are getting the job done on affordability.

In the meantime, we are also going to create jobs in the construction, steel and aluminum sectors and, of course—

[Housing, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, this is a serious issue. That is why we have a plan and a great minister who has the skills to deal with the issue.

In the meantime, we will work together. Why? Because not only do we need to ensure that we build more housing and ensure that construction is more affordable, but we have a tremendous opportunity to help workers who are affected by Donald Trump's tariff war. In the current circumstances, we are going to create a construction industry to help workers in the softwood lumber, steel and aluminum sectors.

I look forward to working with my colleague on this issue.

[Finance, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, the government and the Liberal Party always live up to the expectations of Quebeckers. That is why we earned Quebeckers' trust again this year. We just passed this test during the election. That is why we are now 44 members strong, a record for our party, and very proud of it. I want to thank all my colleagues for their hard work and congratulate them.

Naturally, we are going to co-operate with the Bloc Québécois at times. However, the reality is that we are going to defend Canada's sovereignty, whereas the Bloc Québécois is more interested in Quebec's sovereignty. We are going to be there to create jobs and protect our economy. That is our priority.

[Finance, May 30th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, one thing is clear: Quebeckers put their trust in us by electing 44 incredible members of the Liberal Party, which, of course, forms the government. That is twice as many as the Bloc Québécois, which has 22 members. Quebeckers know that we are in a tough situation right now. There is a tariff war that is directly affecting our workers and our economy. We are here as Quebec MPs and ministers to defend the interests of Quebec, and we will continue to do so.

[Finance, May 29th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, our goal right now is to help the people who are having a tough time making ends meet. That is why we are lowering taxes for the middle class. We are also cutting the GST for first-time homebuyers. As my colleague knows, we are currently in a tariff war. Our goal is to fight to create jobs, protect those currently under threat and, again and always, invest in creating the strongest economy in the G7.

[Finance, May 28th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, we already know that unjustified tariffs by the U.S. against Canadians are making Canadians' lives much more unaffordable. That is why we are cutting taxes. As the Minister of Finance just mentioned, this new government is cutting taxes on the middle class. We are also making sure we are cutting the carbon tax and the GST on first-time homebuyers.

We will create the strongest and fastest-growing economy of the G7. This is the utmost priority of our government, and we will deliver.

[Natural Resources, May 28th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I look forward to working with my colleague as we face a tariff war started by the United States. We will work to protect jobs across Quebec and Canada. In the aluminum sector, which is important to my colleague's riding, we are going to attract investments. We will ensure that jobs are created here, right across the country. We are going to have the strongest economy in the G7.

[Natural Resources, May 28th, 2025]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank, first and foremost, the constituents of Ahuntsic-Cartierville.

First and foremost, we know that we are in a trade war that has been launched by the U.S., and we know that hard-working Canadians are feeling the brunt of this trade war, particularly in the manufacturing sector and particularly in the auto, steel and aluminum sectors. We continue to fight for them.

That is why we will make sure that we invest in them and that we work on attracting investments across the world while making sure that we have the fastest economic growth of the G7.

[Foreign Affairs, December 17th, 2024]

Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), and in accordance with the policy on the tabling of treaties in Parliament, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the treaty entitled “General Security of Information Agreement between Canada and Ukraine”, done at Brussels on December 3, 2024.