Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for her question. There are several cases that could be studied one by one. Unfortunately, in an emergency situation, programs are created, as collaboratively as possible, that need improvements later because they were created in a few months rather than in a year and a half.

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for her question. The benefit, in the form that will probably be approved today, will not increase student debt, yet that is still a major concern. Taking on debt in general, at a time when things look like they are about to get even tougher, is always a major concern.

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, it will be my absolute pleasure to share my time with the brilliant member for Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia. Over the past few hours, we have seen that the clarity of the wording of a motion can be a crucial issue. A motion can turn into a word salad that will be interpreted five different ways by five different people.

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the Deputy Prime Minister. I cannot resist the urge to mention that I put myself through school by working on a farm. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge my boss, Robert Corriveau, and his daughter, Mylène, who took over the business. The government and the opposition parties are looking for the right formula to balance students' need to access a basic income with the jobs available considering the number of foreign agricultural workers that will be allowed into Canada.

COVID-19 Pandemic  Madam Chair, we all know that leaders in certain areas have the habit of telling their people not to come to them with a problem but rather with a solution to the problem. I am going to try to do just that. I raised the issue of seniors many times. So far, they have gotten disproportionately little attention from the government.

COVID-19 Pandemic  Madam Chair, I have given the Prime Minister ample opportunity to do the right thing. I have made it as easy as possible for him. All he had to do was take that opportunity. The solution was right in front of him. I am therefore astounded to hear him say that the government will do nothing to ensure that the businesses it is helping act morally or ethically.

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Speaker, 19% of Quebeckers are 65 years of age or older. I want to focus on them. I do not want to create what I feel is an arbitrary distinction within this group, meaning I do not want to create one category for those who are between the ages of 65 and 75 and another for those who are over the age of 75, which is what the government's approach seemed to be during the election campaign and even after that.

Shootings in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, we are living in times often marked by sadness, but the tragedy unfolding in Nova Scotia is fraught with anger and disbelief. We experienced this with the Dawson College shooting, the École polytechnique massacre and the Quebec City mosque shooting, all acts associated with a time when there was heightened fear of terrorist activities.

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, we will certainly have the opportunity to come back to some aspects of this issue later. For now, I would like to focus on ideas and solutions rather than nitpicking and finger-pointing. I am asking the House to believe in the absolutely genuine concern I have for our society's seniors.

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, without wishing to seem ungrateful, I, like seniors, believe that this does not amount to much. Can the Prime Minister give us a clear, written response, since the Bloc Québécois’s recommendations and suggestions have been very clear and very public for about two weeks now?

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Madam Speaker, I was waiting for a question. I guess question marks are not part of the English grammar.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Still, the role of an MP, whether in government or in opposition, is first and foremost to be the voice of the people. Furthermore, whether we are a member of the opposition or not, our role is not to always say no to everything. Not everything that comes from others or from other sources is automatically bad, whether it comes from a Liberal, a Bloc member or, worse yet, a Chinese person.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Madam Speaker, it is hard to go wrong there. The people who are being called upon to keep working every day are certainly operating under difficult conditions. We are hearing more and more reports about the extreme anxiety plaguing health care workers, especially in long-term care homes in Quebec.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Madam Speaker, I would like to start by saying that I will be sharing my time with the most hon. member for Shefford. We must take time to reflect on the other tragedy being faced by the people of Nova Scotia today. I find it hard to imagine what this senseless trail of violence, played out over some 120 kilometres, is like.

COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I had no idea what my esteemed colleague's riding is called. In answer to the question, there will always be a way to do a little more, to do a little better. There will always be room for improvement. This situation reveals a number of things. One of the first is that those who think the government is an unnecessary nuisance and that it has no business intervening in the economy will have to think again.