Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I think the member errs in one respect. I go to Kamloops quite often, and I know that the people of Kamloops now are benefiting from the NDP's dental care program. In fact the member should be talking with his constituents. There are hundreds of them who have already

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague, the member for Nunavut, who is an extraordinary voice for Nunavut, for northern Canada and for indigenous peoples. She brings so much to the floor of the House of Commons and has been such a remarkable fighter for her constituents and fo

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member opposite. I would suggest that what the NDP believes in is stimulating investment here at home. This is something we believe very strongly in. It is the partnering of public investment and private investment. This is something we have lost s

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, who is a good friend, for raising that point. It is true that during COVID we saw the best of parliamentarianism in this country. All members of Parliament were working together. We will recall that we did not have the virtual Parliament to sta

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the member who just finished his speech. I would like to say at the outset that the number of Quebeckers already registered for the NDP's dental care program is in the hundreds of thousands. We also know that thousands of Quebeckers are getting

Government Business No. 39—Proceedings on Bill C-64  Madam Speaker, I have a lot of respect for my colleague, whom I work with at the health committee. However, he has really made the case for passing the legislation. First, he did talk about the Harper cuts and the slashing of health care funding that has led to the crisis we stil

Government Business No. 39—Proceedings on Bill C-64  Madam Speaker, I like my colleague and I appreciate his fluent bilingualism. I have to say that Conservatives are very consistent. Sixty years ago, they opposed universal health care, and they fought in the House to block universal health care. Today, it is our most cherished n

Government Business No. 39—Proceedings on Bill C-64  Madam Speaker, the reality is that the Conservatives were wrong in blocking dental care. We have seen the success already. The NDP put in place dental care, forced the government to initiate the program, and over two million seniors have already signed up. Over 100,000 seniors ha

Government Business No. 39—Proceedings on Bill C-64  Mr. Speaker, I understand that the Conservatives want absolutely nothing to do with a measure that will help tens of thousands of people in their ridings. In each Conservative riding, approximately 18,000 people could benefit from diabetes medication and 25,000 people could have

Government Business No. 39—Proceedings on Bill C-64  Mr. Speaker, I wonder if my colleague would join me in imploring the Conservatives to actually stand up for their constituents. There are 18,000 constituents in each and every Conservative riding in the country who would benefit from the diabetes aspect of the pharmacare program

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I really like my colleague, but he is mistaken. First, dental care is already being offered to Quebeckers. The services covered by the pharmacare program will make a big difference. They already have the support of Quebec's major unions. What the NDP is doing is

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, the Harper government was the worst government in Canadian history. Yes, the Conservatives cut and they slashed services, but they never balanced the budget. They slashed services to seniors, to veterans, to the most vulnerable. They would announce, “Oh, next year

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I wanted to start off by saying that the NDP will be supporting the budget because of the many provisions that the NDP has forced into the budget. These things are not negligible. They would help to deal with the here and now. Canadians are struggling to make ends

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I am rising in response to the question of privilege that was raised earlier today, and we have given notice to the Table. To start off, it seems that the premise of the question of privilege raised earlier today has already been overtaken by events. As you know, th

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, even though, factually, the question of privilege was wrong in many respects, not one member of the House heckled the member for Grande Prairie—Mackenzie while he was raising his question of privilege. I would ask that the Conservatives be asked to show the same resp