Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Madam Speaker, a time allocation motion for such a massive bill is unacceptable. This bill is 850 pages long, amends seven acts, and more. The Liberals always spoke out so fiercely against bills this size when the previous government introduced them. Back then, the bills were ab

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, I do not understand what the MPs in the Liberal camp fail to grasp. Introducing special back-to-work legislation takes away any bargaining power from the workers. That means that the employer has won. There is no longer any incentive to negotiate because the emplo

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, that sure sounds nice, but the hon. member fails to mention that it is under special back-to-work legislation imposed on postal workers. It therefore takes away the balance of power. If we continue down this path, we forget that this prevents workers from using pr

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, before I begin, I would like to say that I will be sharing my time with the member for Hochelaga. Today is a very black Friday, a day on which postal workers' rights are being completely undermined. The Liberals promised in 2015 that they would never go as far as

An Act to Provide for the Resumption and Continuation of Postal Services  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Sherbrooke for his speech. In his view, by attacking workers, what message is this Liberal government sending to young people who want to enter the labour market? Labour unions fought for years to get better maternity leave and EI benef

Pension Benefits Standards Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin my remarks by saying that today is indeed a very black Friday for workers. In addition, the government has introduced a bill to require Canada Post mail carriers to return to work, despite the fact that they were in the middle of negotiating a

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, there was a youth suicide crisis in Akwesasne in 2011, and since 2015, Nelson White has been trying to get federal funding for an addiction treatment centre set up by and for first nations. Mr. White has already invested more than $1 million, even if this should be

Resumption and Continuation of Postal Service Operations Legislation  Mr. Speaker, today is a black Friday for several reasons, but mainly because the federal government is trying to force thousands of mail carriers and other employees who are fighting for better working conditions to go back to work. We are currently discussing a closure motion on

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions to present today, all signed by citizens of Salaberry—Suroît. The first concerns local food. Canadians promote purchasing local foods in order to support our farmers and the local economy. This helps reduce transportation of food and therefor

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, my second petition concerns climate change. The petitioners are calling on the government to not purchase pipelines. With Canada spending several billions of dollars on pipelines and expansion projects, which will increase greenhouse gas emissions, it will be diffi

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the last petition calls on the government to establish a national strategy to combat plastic pollution. Whereas plastics in our oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, and other bodies of water pose a dire threat to ecosystems, wildlife, communities and individuals with sen

Canada Post Corporation  Mr. Speaker, the tactics Canada Post is using in its negotiations with employees are shameful. The corporation is attacking the most vulnerable and cutting short- and long-term disability and maternity leave benefits. Despite these attacks on workers' rights, the Liberals continu

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I am pleased to participate in today's debate on the sums allocated. Hundreds of millions of dollars are sitting in Veterans Affairs Canada's coffers, yet branches like Branch 146 in Beauharnois say that, when they call Veteran

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to know what my colleague thinks about the fact that, with $372 milllion, we could review the federal government's decision to transfer the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Hospital for veterans to the provincial government. We were told that this transfer wou

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague, the critic for the status of women and gender equality, whether she is concerned about the fact that the ombudsman's most recent report clearly shows that response times are much too long for francophone female veterans. Does she