Alzheimer's Disease  Mr. Speaker, every year in January the Alzheimer Society organizes an Alzheimer's awareness month. In order to shine the light on neurocognitive disorders and the impact they have on people, let us listen to the voice of the people with the disease and their families, as well as caregivers and health care professionals, particularly during this pandemic when they are more isolated than ever.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner's Report  Madam Speaker, I think a lot gets blamed on the pandemic. I myself heard from Mr. Dion during the pandemic. Even though I was very busy with my constituents, I do not think I worked any less hard than the member for Etobicoke—Lakeshore. I took the time to answer him, and everything was dealt with.

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech on this critical issue. Bill C-10 has a direct impact on radio and community media. In my riding, there is a co-operative radio station, M105. News stories broadcast during the pandemic showed just how hard this station had to work to survive, but they also proved that this model can work with the help of the government.

Women and Gender Equality  Madam Speaker, 50 years ago, on December 7, 1970, the report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada was tabled in the House. The 488-page report contained 167 recommendations to the federal government to help reduce gender inequality. Among other things, it addressed pay equity, maternity leave, the right to abortion and access to education.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I know he worked with my colleague from Montcalm on this issue. For the past few weeks, representatives from a major women's rights organization, AFEAS, has been consulting with me on Bill C-7, since I am the critic for the status of women.

École Polytechnique in Montreal  Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my colleagues, on behalf of the Bloc Québécois, I too want to recognize this difficult anniversary, the Polytechnique massacre. Year after year, a kind of fog sets in when we think about the young women we lost in that tragedy. Those young women would perhaps be mothers today; they would be the ones now moving Quebec forward.

Canada Revenue Agency Act  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-210, an act to amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act, which would enable the CRA to use tax returns to collect the information required for establishing and maintaining an organ and tissue donor registry in the province. The second part of the bill would allow the CRA to disclose this information to Quebec and the provinces and territories with which it has entered into an agreement.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Mégantic—L'Érable for his speech and for taking the time to congratulate the institutions in his riding. I also want to applaud the outstanding efforts of workers at the Centre hospitalier de Granby, who worked very hard during the pandemic and are still working hard.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I have worked with lots of seniors' groups, and I have worked on the issue of elder abuse as well as proper treatment. Proper treatment means getting seniors out of hospitals. The reason there were so many problems during the COVID-19 crisis is that we clustered seniors in long-term care homes instead of investing in decentralizing hospitals to get them out of there.

Business of Supply  Disrupting the enemy's supply line is a time-honoured military strategy; that way, when they are on their knees, we can really let them have it. Personally, I find it insulting to think of seniors in terms of areas of jurisdiction. Nobody in the Quebec National Assembly, the Bloc Québécois or Quebec's seniors groups thinks that way.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, home care workers are more than essential. They are on the front lines, and they make it possible for seniors to stay in their own homes, as I said in my speech. Some seniors' groups in Quebec are well aware that having home care workers support them at home depends on transfers to Quebec and the provinces.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the FADOQ was expecting the Trudeau government to announce a minimum increase of 10% in old age security. The president, Gisèle Tassé-Goodman, stated, “It is absolutely unacceptable that the government is once again failing seniors, many of whom find themselves in a dismal financial situation that has been made worse by the pandemic.”

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I first want to mention that I will be splitting my time with the ebullient member for La Prairie. He is a tough act to follow, so I am glad to go first. It is with a feeling of great urgency that I rise on this Bloc Québécois opposition day. We chose to debate health transfers.

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, how could the government write a 223-page economic statement in the midst of a pandemic without mentioning seniors? This statement does not contain a single measure for seniors, even though they have been hit hardest by the pandemic. It does not mention health transfers, even though Quebec needs money to maintain quality of care.

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, I was talking about putting more money in seniors' pockets, not the army's. In the throne speech, the government raised the possibility of increasing the old age security pension. It was not enough, but the possibility was there. Today, there is not a word about seniors in the economic update.