Health  Mr. Speaker, poverty is rising among seniors, and all too often they have to choose between buying food or medication. No one should ever have to make that choice. One of my constituents, Mr. Desmarais, is on a certain type of medication. It is absolutely vital that he take it ev

Poverty  Mr. Speaker, 1.4 million children are living in poverty in Canada, and more than a third of them rely on food banks to eat. These statistics are alarming and unacceptable. I am fed up with the Liberals' talking points, as they keep saying they have lifted hundreds of thousands o

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I meet regularly with the people of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, who share with me their concerns about the significant debt accumulated by the Liberal government over the past three years. Earlier today, we commended the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who recommended es

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, after three years of deficits, the Liberals are now in infrastructure mode. It is about time they started taking care of our infrastructure. They should have invested right away. Our big cities and small towns can no longer wait. The Liberals chose to create an infra

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, in 2016, the Prime Minister promised on a live newscast that he would enhance employment insurance sickness benefits. The Liberals have not brought up the subject since. Mélanie Pelletier is a constituent of mine who lost her life savings after being sick for 15 wee

Dairy Industry  Madam Speaker, in their defence, the Liberals are saying that they defended and preserved supply management. Should we be happy that it is all but dead? For crying out loud. They are proposing to compensate producers for their losses by providing compensation on a lottery or dra

Dairy Industry  Madam Speaker, 60% of Quebec's agricultural production operates under supply management. Supply management is absolutely crucial to 6,900 dairy, egg and poultry producers who could not work or make a living without it. My riding, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, is home to many of these fa

Divorce Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I was happy to vote in favour of most of the amendments she proposed, if only as a symbolic gesture. I would like to read out a short quote from a woman who appeared before our committee. She was speaking on behalf of the associ

Divorce Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. One of the purposes of the bill is to make the best interests of the child central to the process. However, many witnesses who have attended divorce proceedings with couples for decades said that the proceedings are adversarial

Divorce Act  Mr. Speaker, we talked about integrating the Convention on the Rights of the Child. UNICEF Canada made it very clear that integrating the convention would ensure better recognition of the rights of indigenous children. The justice system would recognize their culture and their en

Divorce Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. A number of women's groups felt it was important to testify in committee, since, quite often, women end up living in poverty following a divorce. I do not think that this bill does enough in that respect. What can we do? Repre

Divorce Act  Mr. Speaker, as my party's critic for families, children and social development, I am delighted to rise in the House once again to speak to Bill C-78. I will get straight to the point. Bill C-78 is clearly a step forward, considering that the 40-year-old Divorce Act is no longer

Divorce Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague touched briefly on domestic violence. One of the objectives of this bill is to combat domestic violence. We heard from a lot of witnesses, including many representatives from a large Canadian coalition, including representatives from the Regroupement de

Divorce Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate our new Minister of Justice. When his predecessor presented the bill to our committee, she told us it would reduce child poverty. However, during the committee study, one question remained unanswered, namely, what happ

Health  Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary is saying that we are paying more. That is why the government needs to take action. As we speak, the Canadian Health Coalition is on Parliament Hill to tell us that Canada is the only country in the world with a public health care system t