The Environment  Mr. Speaker, the UN Secretary-General also commented on the terrifying IPCC report released yesterday, calling it an atlas of human suffering because it maps out areas where half the world's population will be devastated by climate change. Half the world's population is at risk, which is serious.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, at the beginning of the crisis, it seemed there were political considerations underlying the government's radio silence. My colleague from Red Deer—Lacombe is a whip. Whips ensure that their party members vote according to the party's instructions. However, we do not yet know of any instructions from the party in power, nor do we know if this evening's vote will be a confidence vote or not.

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, in his speech, the member for Etobicoke—Lakeshore said the government has been very patient. I would say it has been incompetent. I am going to ask the member a question that might help him explain why it took so long for the government to act. Were there perhaps any political considerations behind the government's inaction?

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, the member for Whitby gave a long speech that included a lot of points to ponder. The Bloc Québécois believes intervention was called for. Had there been intervention, there would have been no need to invoke special legislation. However, what is past is past. Still, we know the far right is on the rise, and the member talked about that.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I remind the House that the Bloc Québécois does not believe that protesters have the right to do whatever they want. They certainly do not have the right to protest in a way that hurts an entire community, but that is already in the past. I prefer to look toward the future.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, there is a lot to unpack in my colleague's question. I could address each point separately, but I will focus only on the last point, about co-operation among police forces. Before Christmas, the Bloc Québécois spoke out about illegal weapons crossing the border. We talked about the need for Canadian, American and indigenous police forces to work together to solve the problem.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, yes, we are very worried about the expanded powers that this act could give the government. Once again, we are insisting on the fact that everything we needed was already in place. Laws such as the Criminal Code already exist and injunctions can be obtained. Everything could have been addressed in some other way.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague and riding neighbour. I absolutely agree that the government is using this act to hide its complacency. I wonder whether, at some point, there was some political manoeuvring behind the decision to let the situation get as bad as it did. The scope of this act is far too broad and that is being used to hide the Prime Minister's incompetence.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, it is unusual to greet you so early in the morning, but we have to acknowledge that what is happening now is also very unusual. I also want to greet the House staff who are here early this morning, making it possible for us to work. I thank them. We are here to declare emergency measures or, better yet, to not declare emergency measures.

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Brantford—Brant for his speech. He just answered my question when he said that there was no legal vacuum. Everything was in place. I will ask the following question instead. What lessons can be learned from what happened over the past month?

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, my question is on the official opposition's attitude rather than the substance of the bill. It is no secret that during the study of Bill C‑10 in the last Parliament, the official opposition did everything it could to prevent it from getting passed by using a variety of different tactics.

Government Business No. 7—Proceedings on Bill C-12  Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois sent many communications before and during the election campaign, but the government did not realize until December 2021 that things were not okay. My question for the parliamentary question is simple. He used the word “quickly” a lot, so I would like to know what, exactly, “quickly” means to this government.

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Calgary Rocky Ridge denounced the Liberal government's lack of innovative policies or programs. Last spring's budget included measures to crack down on tax evasion, but nothing came of it. There is nothing about that in Bill C‑8. Would ambitious measures to deal with tax havens not give people the hope that my colleague was talking about and restore their confidence in the government's finances?

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, the member for Davenport spoke a lot about the need for schools to provide a healthy environment with good ventilation. She clearly cares about children and youth. Another way to improve living conditions is to provide healthy housing, social housing, low-income housing and co-operative housing.

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, my compliments to the member, who is a colleague of mine on the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. He made it clear that money does not grow on trees. Last spring's federal budget contained a surprise: measures to end lenient treatment for tax evasion.