Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his question, but first and foremost for the job he has done for democracy in this country with Bill C-525. Yes, some polls were conducted a few years ago about this issue, in 2013 Leger Marketing in Quebec and also by Nanos

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his kind words. I also noticed his combative style last time. I salute him and all my colleagues. I would like to offer my sincere apologies to the interpreters, because I know that their work is extremely difficult. When I listen to myself

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I would like to greet all the members of the House once again. I have the great honour and pleasure to rise on behalf of my party. Before broaching the more political aspect of this issue, I would like to salute my hon. colleague the minister, who is introducing he

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise on behalf of my party to speak about this important bill, which we should all agree is a bad bill. The bill we are dealing with today in the House of Commons is a direct attack on the basic principles that all Canadians share. This bill is an

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, in the matter of the illegal financing of the Liberal Party of Canada by the unions, the government is not being transparent, to say the least. Last week, the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons said they were in the dark. Yesterday, we submitted a docu

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, we know that unions are important allies for the Liberal Party, but not for all Canadians. There was the event in Waterloo as well as two other events organized by big union bosses to help the Liberal Party. One was in Vaughn and the other in Oakville. That is at le

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, I cannot wait to see that, because there is no denying the fact that this illegal event took place and that there were others. The Liberal Party organized events with unions on August 27 in Oakville and on October 8 in Vaughan. Can the government assure us that the

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, last week, in the infamous story of illegal union financing, the government said that at the very moment that this was brought to its attention, the party followed the law. The problem is that it is leaving out one detail—

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, interestingly enough, I was saying that last week, the government claimed that at the very moment that it became aware of illegal union financing, the party followed the law. The problem is that the government is leaving out an important part of the story. In an in

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the hon. member may not have been paying attention to what I was saying earlier. I would remind her that under our government, four major pipeline projects were built, planned, completed, and shown to be successful. Yes, we are capable of building successful pipe

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the point is that just for the construction of that we are talking about 3,000 jobs and a $1 billion investment into the province of Quebec. This is good for Quebec and it is good for the economy. More than that, we are talking about getting Canadian oil to two maj

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, one should not preclude the other. It is obvious that environmental measures that are just as rigorous as our safety measures must be put forward. These rigorous measures have resulted in a 99.999% safety record, which is very impressive. That is what I would cal

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for sharing her speaking time with me. I am also pleased to share it with her. The project we are talking about today, the energy east pipeline project, is a good project for Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, all 10 Canadian provinces. I

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, when someone has a hard time answering, that is because there are problems with transparency, accountability, and democracy. Something interesting came to light this morning. The Commissioner of Canada Elections revealed that UNIFOR Local 524 made a non-monetary con

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, it is a sad day for Canadian democracy and accountability. This morning, the government announced that it would repeal two fundamental labour laws. The first is the law to allow union members to vote by secret ballot, and the second requires unions bosses to be accou