Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, there is an immigration crisis, but when Quebec asks for more control to address the issue itself, the Prime Minister says that Canada will continue to be in charge because Quebec is not a country. It is as simple as that. Imagine hearing that when you are one of th

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, at the federal level, there is a backlog of 29,000 permanent residence applications from Quebec immigrants. Some people have been waiting since 2009. Yesterday, the Liberals blamed Quebec, saying that if Quebec really wants to improve wait times, it only has to incr

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Quebec does not run Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, but maybe it should. If Quebec had full control over immigration, immigrants chosen by Quebec itself would have their permanent residence served up on a silver platter. Right now, it takes an average

Immigration and Refugee Protection Act  Mr. Speaker, I do not know if she is listening, but I must commend the member for Saint-Jean for the thorough job she has done. She gave a remarkable speech during the previous reading of this bill, which has greatly inspired my speech today. She was again inspiring today when sh

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, in March we were lamenting the fact that immigrants in Quebec had to wait 28 months for the federal government to process their permanent residency applications. Now, just a few weeks later, that delay has jumped to 31 months. The feds are 31 months and 29,000 files

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Party says the Bloc wants to pick a fight. The parliamentary secretary just said that the immigration crisis is Quebec's fault. They are the ones picking a fight. The federal government is currently in court over cases that have dragged on since 2009. Th

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech, which was indeed very passionate. It is obvious that he cares deeply about that issue. I do not think that this is the first time he has talked about this problem in the House. Was my colleague surprised that the governmen

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, my colleague from Joliette has been working on this issue for years and making suggestions to the government about tax havens. It is appalling that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in a G7 country. The wealth gap is getting wider and wid

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I am not an economist, but I am pretty sure that we will not fix the inflation problem by extolling the virtues of cryptocurrency. There is one thing I do know, which is that seniors are always the first to suffer as a result of inflation. Their purchasing power h

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I would first like to congratulate my colleague on how much his French has improved. It is obvious that he is working on it, and it is coming along. I support everyone in Lac-Saint-Jean. With what we have seen of Bill C-8, unfortunately, I cannot imagine how we co

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I would like to seek the unanimous consent of the House to share my time with the valiant member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères.

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, given what time it is, I will try to keep it interesting because I can see that many of my colleagues are nodding off. That is rather ironic, considering that one of the topics covered in Bill C-8 deals with giving people a place to lay their head. It is no secret

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I listened closely to my hon. colleague. One thing that was left out of the economic update, Bill C‑8, is obviously the health transfer increase that Quebec, the provinces and the territories have been calling for unanimously. Everyone wants health transfers to be

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, they cannot even name the problem, so it will be really difficult to solve it. There is a backlog of 29,000 files, and there are court cases that have been dragging on for 13 years. These are people. They are not files; they are people. That is what the Prime Minist

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, last Friday the Prime Minister refused to grant any immigration powers to the Premier of Quebec. It would be less insulting if the federal government were the least bit competent, but everything it touches is a disaster. The wait time is now 31 months for Quebeckers