Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, if my Liberal Party colleague decided it was a good idea to restore public funding of political parties, I would have to applaud him because that would be a great thing. However, that does not excuse the behaviour of the Liberal government cabinet. The government ha

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am going to share my time with my dear colleague, the member of Parliament for Elmwood—Transcona, a beautiful riding. I want to congratulate him for all the work he is doing on the ethics committee. It is really impressive, especially for someone coming from a fami

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the motion tabled by the Conservative Party simply states that the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner should be able to assess the behaviour of ministers in light of the Prime Minister’s Office’s document entitled “Open and Accountable Government”. So, wh

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased with my colleague’s speech, and I would like to ask him a very specific question. Over the past few days, whenever we in the NDP or members of the Conservative Party questioned the Liberal government about ministers’ behaviour and attitude regarding pre

Fall Economic Statement  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques on his excellent speech. I think he did a great job highlighting the new dangers that have emerged in relation to the privatization of our public infrastructure. I wonder if he could

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I do not want to ask a question about the environment. However, I will use a term invented by the Liberal government that reminds us of the environment, and that is asset recycling. We approve of recycling. However, asset recycli

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Timmins—James Bay for his speech. I think that the Liberals did not once use the word “privatization” during the election campaign. Instead, they talk about asset recycling and use other such esoteric language. I thinks it is a real shame

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, if they support freedom of the press, they should act accordingly. After just one year in power, this government has already reached the height of Liberal arrogance. The Minister of Finance is hosting a fundraiser at $1,500 a plate with a hand-picked group of elite

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, the good old Liberals will always be the good old Liberals. They will go on thinking that their government is above the law. Instead of doing everything in their power to comply with the Human Rights Tribunal's ruling on discrimination against indigenous children

Ethics  Madam Speaker, in their document entitled “Open and Accountable Government”, the Liberals state that “there should be no preferential access to government, or appearance of preferential access, accorded to individuals or organizations because they have made financial contribution

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, the minister still does not get that we are not prepared to accept just any agreement with Europe and that we want a good agreement. The minister says that free trade with Europe is a done deal, but there is no compensation for our dairy producers and nothing to pro

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, unlike the Liberals, we will not support agreements negotiated by the Conservatives. The Prime Minister wrote to his ministers that their behaviour should bear the closest public scrutiny, even when it comes to the appearance of a conflict of interest. He made that

Aerospace Industry  Mr. Speaker, last week, we learned that Bombardier will be cutting 2,000 Canadian jobs, including 1,500 in Quebec alone. That is a huge blow to our economy. For the past 10 months, this government has been saying that it supports Bombardier, but what has it put on the table? Not

Democratic Reform  Mr. Speaker, a ploy is a secret manoeuver carried out with the intent of misleading people, or trumping people, if you will. When in opposition, the Liberals said that the unfair electoral system had to be changed, and they were right. Oddly enough, once they were elected with

Quebec's Interests  Mr. Speaker, it has been one year, and Liberal MPs have kept very quiet when it comes to defending Quebec's interests. They have not said one word about jobs in the forestry industry, which is headed for a trade war, and nothing on behalf of dairy producers. They did not lift a