Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be here this evening to speak to Bill C-280, which was introduced by the member for York—Simcoe. He sits next to me here in the House, and he is certainly not afraid to make his voice heard when it comes time to defend our produce growers. The Bloc Qu

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, I have to say I am surprised we are having a Conservative opposition day where the Conservatives are asking the government to come up with a plan to balance the budget in eight days. They are saying that five years is too long. One has to be reasonable. It depends on

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, I think people try to complicate things sometimes. They pick a title that is four or five lines long—which is a waste of ink and not very environmentally friendly—so people will not read it. I said this in my speech, and I will say it again. There will be a transiti

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, I think that my colleague has hit on something. He is asking whether we saw anything in the bill that will create jobs. There is nothing there. There is talk about reports by officials, people appointed from the “Liberalist” who will submit reports, and about things

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, I agree. The point of my speech was to defend the very idea that the member for Timmins—James Bay raised. The trouble is that the NDP often talks about the importance of regional voices, but only until Quebec's jurisdictions come into play. In this case, regional voi

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, that is what I call “Winnipeg-Northsplaining”. When the Liberals introduced legislation for child care transfers, they asked us if we had read the bill. They told us there was money to fund child care so women could enter the labour market. They asked us if we had r

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act  Mr. Speaker, I see that I received applause from a Conservative. Apart from you, Mr. Speaker, he is the only one who still claps for me. We will see how long that lasts. The Bloc Québécois's position is clear. It is imperative that we change our energy trajectory so that Canada,

Government Priorities  plan Mr. Speaker, not only do the Liberals not have a plan for the country's finances, but the ministers do not even have a work plan. The new ministers announced in July have still not received their mandate letters. Two and a half months after the cabinet shuffle, they still

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the Conservatives have all kinds of things to teach us on this opposition day. However, they need to be reminded that the last Conservative government ran deficits for seven years straight. I would sure like to know what today's Conservatives, whose leader was par

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I find that amusing. My colleague knows I appreciate him. More than anything though, I like the facts to be accurate, and those figures come from one of the least transparent federal institutions. We do not know where Export Development Canada, or EDC, makes its inve

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will give a more general answer because I do not have all the information on that subject. There are circumstances where it can be worth it to subsidize certain activities, like the clean energy transition and cases where there is unfair competition, for instance.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am not really comfortable answering this question. Not that I want to avoid it, but it makes me uncomfortable because the people running the country at this moment are sitting across the aisle. Am I terrified at the thought of a Conservative running the country? I

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my speech may not appeal as much to the member for Calgary-Centre. We shall see. First, let us talk about the text of the motion. I would like to thank the Conservatives. For once, they made our job easier. Entertaining a Conservative opposition day motion is usuall

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois has been calling for a reform of the Competition Bureau system for 20 years or so. For years, we have been asking that the Competition Bureau have the authority to prevent mergers and acquisitions regardless of any efficiency gains they might gen

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, in 2012, in the Quebec National Assembly, the member for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis's premier bragged about taking $200 million out of Quebeckers' pockets with the carbon exchange and said he was happy that Quebec was taking part in that carbon exchange. His c