Points of Order  Madam Speaker, I am not suggesting the government acted in bad faith, but we are debating these motions today, so when we are told not to worry and that the government is aware of the situation, that is hardly satisfactory. This is what we are debating today, so the whole situation is utterly deplorable.

Heritage Building  Mr. Speaker, I was and still am deeply disappointed and saddened by the demolition of Maison Boileau in Chambly. This is a reminder that elected officials at all levels of government still have a lot of work to do to prevent this type of situation from happening ever again. Cost and sustainability are challenges we must contend with.

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, yes, of course we want to move forward on that, and we do not understand why the Liberals are not doing so. They have been promising a pharmacare program for decades. It would be the logical next step in a public health care system that was implemented in the 1960s.

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He is right. This government is even more frustrating than the previous one because it just talks and talks and talks, but does nothing. I want to go back to the example of Netflix. The minister kept telling us that Canada had entered the digital era.

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Madam Speaker, the good news is that despite this “man cold”, as my wife calls it, my voice seems to be back. I hope it will stick around for the next 15 minutes so that I can speak to budget implementation act, 2018, No. 2. Before getting to what is in the bill or, more to the point, what is not, which might make up the bulk of my comments, I want to talk about the process.

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, it would be wrong of me to defend what the Conservatives did when they were in power, purely as an election ploy. However, I will nonetheless address an important matter that my colleague raised. We have made an effort to post on social media about what is happening today.

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I appreciate his optimism. Ultimately, the very existence of special legislation that forces a return to work upsets the balance of power and eliminates any incentive that management might have to negotiate in good faith. Its very existence creates a power imbalance.

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, as my colleague pointed out several times, it seems that people on the other side of the House have difficulty understanding what the balance of power is. I would like to come back to some comments I made when I asked the hon. member for Joliette a question earlier today.

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, let me say that I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Hamilton Mountain. As some of my colleagues have said a few times, on June 23, 2011, with roughly two weeks of parliamentary experience, since the House had just started sitting on June 1, we had the chance to bear witness to two things.

Resumption and Continuation of Postal Service Operations Legislation  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech and for his support for workers. I would like to come back to the exchange he just had with the hon. member for Lac-Saint-Louis. My colleague has just identified several elements related to the right to strike. A pressure tactic that does not exert pressure is useless.

Resumption and Continuation of Postal Service Operations Legislation  Mr. Speaker, my thanks to my colleague for her speech. I was here in 2011. The Liberals are telling us not to worry, that they will certainly raise the issues of pay equity, lack of security and the difficult and dangerous work that postal workers are doing. In 2011, we rose in the House to condemn a two-tier pension system that pitted older workers against younger workers.

Point of Order  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask you to clarify the situation of my colleague from Sherbrooke. He quoted a standing order and then began reading the wording of a motion for which he wanted to seek unanimous consent. I would like you to clarify one thing. If he is heckled while reading his motion, it does not give the House an opportunity to hear the motion and decide whether to give its consent.

Telecommunications  Mr. Speaker, social licence is not optional; it is mandatory. This is why I participated in the march against TELUS last week, alongside 300 of my constituents. Since 2014, TELUS has been acting in bad faith with respect to its telecommunications tower. It is now pushing to put up its tower in a sensitive and protected environmental area.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the second petition calls on the Government of Canada to recognize eye health and vision care and to develop a national framework for action that would help reduce vision impairment resulting from preventable conditions and the modification of known risks.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today. The first was initiated by a constituent in my riding who then collected signatures of her fellow constituents. It calls on the government to condemn the unlawful arrest of a Canadian citizen for practising Falun Gong and is asking for the immediate and unconditional release of Ms.