Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her speech. We were quick to speak out to protect jobs in the aluminum sector. I thank the member for asking me a question about this. I find the government's interpretation of the agreement quite impressive. Everything the Liberals have to say makes me think that they have not read the agreement.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I want to acknowledge my colleague and thank him for his speech. He praised his government's negotiating skills and claimed that government officials stood up to the Americans. In my earlier remarks, I said that aluminum dumping is happening in Mexico, which is processing the metal and redirecting it to other places in North America.

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the government has less than a month to say yes or no to Frontier, Teck's mega-polluting megaproject. The project means 260,000 barrels a day and four million tonnes of greenhouse gases a year for 40 years. That is what is on the table. Many trees will have to be planted if we still want to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, unless the Prime Minister is an environmentalist in name only, he should drop the rhetoric and start taking real action. He should have the courage of his alleged convictions. Rejecting the Teck Frontier project would be a good start. Approving it would be a total disaster.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. Obviously, trade deals are always a good thing for the parties and countries involved. This has been known since Adam Smith published his thesis in 1776. I do not fall off my chair when I hear someone talk about the importance of trade deals.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, we are not bargaining here. We are not about to say that we will trade support for aluminum for support for other industries. That is not what is happening here. We have here a trade agreement that does not close the insidious loophole that was forced down Quebecker's throats when it comes to aluminum.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, first of all, the dairy sector and the steel sector both got the kind of protection I was talking about earlier. I talked about the history of international relations within various organizations, such as customs unions and free trade zones. The steel industry got this measure; why not the aluminum industry?

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, this is a broad and heavy topic, so today, I will just keep to the country of origin rule. I will give a brief history to explain where that comes from, why it is important and how this agreement threatens Quebec's aluminum industry. First, modern agreements originated with the European Economic Community, which was established under the Treaty of Rome in 1957.

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, I just want to point out that he called the leader of our party a hypocrite. That is unacceptable in the House, and I expect him to apologize.

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, while our leader was addressing the government, our members clearly heard the member for Dufferin—Caledon make some comments that were completely unacceptable. We are asking him to apologize.

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, the member made comments that were completely unacceptable. He needs to stand up and apologize to the House. We cannot tolerate this sort of thing.

Official Report  Mr. Speaker, I am asking for the unanimous consent of the House to table the impact study prepared for the Comité deux villes/deux alumineries and the Société de la Vallée de l'aluminium entitled “Impacts économiques 2020-2029 sur l'économie du Québec des projets compromis par la non-inclusion de l'industrie de l'aluminium à l'amendement de l'ACEUM”.

Municipality of Saint-Philippe  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to the city of Saint-Philippe, which just wrapped up its 275th anniversary celebrations. On Saturday, December 7, the people of Saint-Philippe joined together for a massive Christmas party, which was the culmination of a very successful year-long celebration.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the leader of the NDP, for the question. I will tell him the truth. I just started sitting in the House. I have worked on the single tax return file, and I am quite familiar with it. Did I talk to those people? At the time, it was not my responsibility, because it was not my job.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question and congratulations. What will I do for Canadian unity? That is a good question. I will not answer it, but instead, I will tell her what I will do for Quebec. Quebeckers elected 32 Bloc Québécois members. From the outset, we made it clear that our job is to serve Quebec alone.