Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, this does not happen very often, but I have to say that I again agree with the member for Winnipeg North. I am always happy when that happens. I am a regular guy who is in touch with the people. Since becoming a member of Parliament four years ago, I have found tha

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I agree that we must work diligently and intelligently. That is what I was saying earlier. That is why, during my statement, I mentioned Bill C‑282, which is currently before the Senate. The purpose of that bill is to protect a very important sector. We can be in f

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I thank my distinguished colleague from Mirabel for his intelligent question. I agree wholeheartedly. That is why I addressed the issue in my speech. It requires urgent action. It reflects a trend we are seeing not only in Canada and Quebec, but also around the worl

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise to speak to Bill C‑57. I will be sharing my time with my colleague from Beauport—Limoilou, who did me a favour by allowing me to go first. Let me say from the outset that, generally speaking, we are all in favour of free trade and we are in favo

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. President, groups and unions held a protest in Quebec City on Saturday to demand an end to closed work permits for temporary foreign workers. They are right. Closed permits leave workers totally dependent on their employer. Unfortunately, some employers take advantage of the

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we need answers. Closed permits lead not only to abuse, but also to absurd situations. Radio-Canada reported on a good example, specifically the case of Mr. Bérard, who is from Mauritius. He works in Beauce and wants to stay in Beauce, but the plant where he works i

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for her speech and for these negotiations, which are very important. I would like to ask her a two-part question. First, supply management was included when the order to import products from Ukraine duty-free was adopted. The groups that were im

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on his first speech in the House. I have a very specific question for him. I hope he will be the type of colleague who answers questions in specific detail. That would be helpful. The government is announcing a housing measure that consis

Louiseville Buckwheat Pancake Festival  Mr. Speaker, the Festival de la galette de sarrasin de Louiseville, Louiseville's legendary buckwheat pancake festival, is now in its 44th year. Over the past few days, I was thrilled to be inducted as an honorary member of the Confrérie des Sarrasins, the buckwheat brotherhood.

Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act  Madam Speaker, I always love it when the people I am talking to appear to be listening, at least. What I was saying is that it is essential. I challenge anyone here to accept the same working conditions as those people. Rain in the summer brings us down because we cannot go for

Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act  Madam Speaker, I feel like starting my speech in a different way. I just heard that the Liberal government is supporting this bill. Everyone is pleased to be pleased, and everything is perfect. However, we asked if it would be possible to seek unanimous consent to send the bill

Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for York—Simcoe for this bill and for his speech. The Liberal government members just congratulated my colleague for his leadership on this issue. However, the bill before us responds to a request from the sector that dates back to 2014. This Lib

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, does my colleague think any meaningful measures for social housing could be introduced? The Bloc Québécois has repeatedly proposed investing 1% of the budget in social housing on an ongoing basis, so that crises like the one we are currently experiencing will be l

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Madam Speaker, it is outrageous to let the people making money from a product decide what rules apply to their product. It is even worse when food or public health are involved. How can we let a company like Bayer write the rules on GMOs and gene editing? The public needs reassu

Agriculture and Agri-Food  Madam Speaker, Radio-Canada has made deeply disturbing revelations about close ties between major GMO companies and the federal government. In fact, the ties are so close that the two are literally playing on the same team, known as the Tiger Team. It includes lobbyists for giant