Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, we cannot oppose a good thing. It is quite clear that this bill makes good sense. However, I find it rather sad because it is like changing the wipers on a lemon with a flat tire. Animal welfare is the subject of many conversations. There is a legal grey area. There are animals that are mistreated and even tortured.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, after last night's ADISQ gala, I would ask the Minister of Canadian Heritage to change the record, because my question has nothing to do with CBC, the Canada Council for the Arts or the budget from three years ago. Our culture and our media are under attack by foreign competition online.

The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I rarely do this, but today I am rising in the House as a citizen. I am rising to speak on my own behalf and in solidarity with all those who share my feeling of urgency regarding the environment to say that we need to move beyond partisanship. The time for parroting party lines has passed.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, there will be no free rides in five years. Fourteen past presidents of the ADISQ sent a very clear message this week. Our music industry is in crisis. Our Quebec artists continue to create, but the problem is that the platforms are not covered by our laws. We have been asking for the same thing for three years now.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, the ADISQ gala is less than a week away, and this weekend's edition of Le Devoir indicated that, when it comes to Quebec culture, we are at risk of losing everything we have built over the years. The Regroupement des artisans de la musique is speaking out against the fact that YouTube and Spotify do not have to pay their fair share.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, there is no excuse for this. When it comes to asking Web giants to pay their fair share, it seems that common sense and tax fairness go out the window. The Minister of Finance expects an international consensus. I have news for him. We are the only idiots in the G7 who are not taxing Netflix.

Global Warming  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for that very important question. I will answer by giving two or three examples. I had the opportunity to visit the Nano One labs in British Columbia. This business provides faster, more affordable manufacturing processes for alloys that are used in the creation of batteries.

Global Warming  Mr. Speaker, my House leader mentioned that our Parliament is probably one of the first in the world to hold an emergency debate on this subject following the release of the IPCC report. This initiative may well be good news. I am very happy to be here on behalf of the people of Longueuil and Saint-Hubert.

Global Warming  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank and congratulate our Green Party colleague. She dared to use terms that truly reflect the challenge we are facing. She dared to talk about humanity. We are at that point. It is completely unacceptable for members to be hurling partisan tomatoes.

Global Warming  Mr. Speaker, I was born in 1963. When I was little, playing with those little green, plastic soldiers who shot at one another was still popular. The concepts of war and global conflicts were still really fresh on people's minds. There was also the notion of war-time efforts. Likely many other people, I believe that we are currently at war.

Global Warming  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very interesting and clearly very sincere speech. However, he did not answer my Conservative colleague's question, which was about why big polluters get a break on the carbon tax. That is an excellent question. People often describe the NDP as Parliament's conscience, and I can see that the member is the government's conscience.

Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax Conventions Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech. I think that his input is important. He seems to have a lot of experience in business and finance. I found his explanations of the issues interesting, particularly what he just said about the free trade agreement with the United States, which was clearly signed at the expense of Quebec and Ontario dairy farmers.

Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax Conventions Act  Madam Speaker, it is rare for us to all agree in the House because we have views unique to our own very different parties. Although we often see the same problem from different angles, it is quite clear that each party has its own stereotypes and ways of doing things. We are used to Liberal spin, as they want to manipulate what we think.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, a new radio station called QUB Radio launched today and is broadcasting only on the Internet. It will therefore be exempt from the Broadcasting Act and from the quotas that protect Canadian content. Quebecor has been investing in Quebec culture for years, so we are not worried about QUB Radio.

Multilateral Instrument in Respect of Tax Conventions Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague a question, particularly since he is a members of those committees. Ordinary Canadians who work hard and pay their taxes find it unacceptable that the government is introducing bills that merely fiddle with minor details. Will the government review the tax system?