Petitions  Mr. Speaker, because transparency with respect to genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, is seriously lacking in Canada, because the government refuses to make the labelling of GMOs mandatory despite the strong consensus in Quebec and Canada, because Canada was the first countr

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He is correct in saying that there were some good things written in the throne speech, and just before Christmas there were some good things said about a plan to combat climate change. I will take all of this into considerati

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Indeed, we would like a Rolls-Royce, and it would be even better if it were electric. I spoke a lot about transparency in my speech. The Bloc Québécois suggested that a committee be created to study all of this. We could th

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I thank my NDP colleague for his question. I would like to remind him that the Government of Quebec is the one that should be getting the money and distributing it according to the needs of the municipalities. That is how it works. The Government of Canada has ver

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, the government's economic statement in November gave us all a lot to think about. We have heard about many measures in today's speeches on Bill C-14 and certain provisions from the economic statement. My colleagues have given us a thorough rundown, and I thank the

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals let oil companies walk all over them. They took advantage of the pandemic to give them gift after gift while the public's focus was elsewhere. Now, the minister does not know what to tell me, and he confirmed that he might be thinking of authorizing oil

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, pandemic or no pandemic, there is one industry that can always count on the federal government, and that is the oil industry. In the spring, the federal government eliminated environmental assessments for 100 drilling projects off the coast of Newfoundland and Labra

Oil Tanker Moratorium Act  Mr. Speaker, one of my primary reasons for getting involved in politics was to help protect the environment. I think we must all set partisanship aside and collectively focus on climate action and on protecting biodiversity. We need to do this for ourselves and for future genera

Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Edmonton Manning for his speech. He noted that members did not know how many pages were in the agreement and that some details are still missing today, January 28. I see that transparency is important to him. The Bloc Québécois thinks tha

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, we know that the Parliamentary Budget Officer deplores the government's lack of transparency. I would like to know if the member agrees with the Bloc Québécois' plan to create a special committee to study all COVID-19 spending.

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, the hon. member for Saint‑Laurent spoke at length about ways of getting out of this health crisis and, of course, addressed the issue of vaccines. Let us talk about that. People seem to be surprised that the United States and the European Commission are putting th

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech. He listed all the measures that have been taken, which we welcome. They needed to happen. I would just like to remind him that all of this work is also based on ideas proposed by the opposition parties, and that i

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the fossil fuel sector and the renewable energy sector, and for all the departments and agencies affected: (a) what regulatory amendments, including amendments to federal-provincial partnership programs, have been made since March 15, 2020, that affect the funding

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, we have learned that Ottawa intends to make Quebec pay the carbon tax because Canada is not going to meet the Paris Agreement targets. Quebec's per capita greenhouse gas emissions are two and a half times less than Canada's. The government has missed the mark; we are

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, in that case, they should join us. This government purchased a $17-billion pipeline. This government is getting all worked up because the U.S. president-elect is not interested in Keystone XL. This government took advantage of the pandemic to authorize 100 oil drill