Bertha Frigon  Mr. Speaker, today Bertha Frigon is blowing out 100 candles. This caring and engaged citizen from my riding has 17 children, 36 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren, but she still found time to get involved in our community. Whether running a Christian women's group, a second-hand clothing service, a day care, or the One Child, One Tree project, which teaches children about environmental protection, nothing has ever stopped Mrs.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that is an excellent question. Unfortunately, I am not in the oval office and I cannot speak for the new President of the United States. I would have been pleased to do so, but I do not want to think or speak for him. However, I can say that my nine-year-old daughter was born in the United States and that she is a U.S. citizen.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the member opposite and I rarely agree on anything, but I do agree with him on this. I think setting a date like that is arbitrary. It could prevent us from going further. Committees have been set up, and our Conservative colleagues are on those committees. They want to go further and make real change happen.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, as I said earlier, if the hon. member for Wellington—Halton Hills had not moved this motion, I probable would have done so myself. Obviously I have some reservations, but I want to take a few minutes today to share my thoughts and explain why I think this motion is a step in the right direction.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be frank with my Conservative colleagues. This is an excellent motion. It is a very fine motion that is very well worded. I probably would have even been happy to move it myself with one difference: the 30-day deadline. If we want this motion to have a major impact, why set an unrealistic deadline?

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague from Steveston—Richmond East for his speech. I agree with most of the arguments he raised in the House. I have worked with my hon. colleague a few times, including on the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Judges Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by thanking my hon. colleague for his speech. It is always a pleasure to listen to him. He tends to build solid arguments and is glad to share ideas. I would even say I found the first part of his speech rather dazzling, but perhaps more because of its delivery than its substance.

Judges Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek for her excellent speech. In my opinion, she has the best last name of anyone in the House, but let's move on. Something was added to this bill in committee. Systemic racism and discrimination were added to the subjects that should be addressed during the mandatory seminars.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the speech by my colleague from the Conservative Party. We agree on one thing, which is that we want to work to help as many Quebeckers and Canadians as possible who are facing the pandemic right now, especially businesses. However, we need to pay attention what is being done with that money.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the parliamentary secretary's speech. I congratulate her on it. There is a question we have been asking all day, but the government is not answering it. The Bloc Québécois demonstrated six months ago that the Canada emergency commercial rent assistance had significant problems.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech. At the start of this pandemic, we heard about collaboration. I believe that there has been collaboration in the House because we absolutely had to implement emergency programs quickly. There is a reason they are called emergency programs.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my colleague's riding is indeed absolutely splendid. I spent seven beautiful years there. Indeed, when the restaurants and hotels close, it means that they buy fewer local products. This hurts our farmers, which is why we have been saying from the beginning that when the Bloc Québécois proposes something, it works.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that is an excellent question. I know people who have closed their businesses because the government took too long to change the emergency assistance programs it had put in place. For six months, the Bloc Québécois has been saying that the Canada emergency commercial rent assistance program is not working.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, of course we will support this motion. The openness of the former minister of finance was just mentioned. The fact is that, for six months now, my colleague, the member for Joliette, has been telling the Standing Committee on Finance that the Canada emergency commercial rent assistance program is not working.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, it is always hard to rise to speak after my colleague from La Prairie because he is very eloquent. I will try to use fewer English words in my speech and I should be fine. Without a doubt, Quebec businesses, Canadian businesses, and especially SMEs, were devastated by the pandemic.