An Act to establish the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I want to reassure him; I speak regularly with my neighbour. He is a very good friend. I would like to say that the development strategies of Canada Economic Development are implemented in cooperation with the community and a

An Act to establish the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from the neighbouring riding of Hochelaga for his question. I too think it is clear that the development corporations have a very important role. That is what I said to my colleagues of the Quebec caucus and to my colleague the Minister of the

An Act to establish the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec  Madam Speaker, at the beginning of his speech, my colleague was saying that the federal government was unaware of what the right hand was doing while the left hand was doing something else. I disagree with that. The reality is that the hon. member would like to cut off both of o

An Act to establish the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in this House to speak to Bill C-9, an act to establish the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. Our government has set itself the objective of ensuring the success of Canadians in each and every region of our

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the first report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), the committee has reviewed the third report of the Standing Committee on Official Languages called “Impa

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister responsible for Official Languages. Can the minister tell us what progress the Government of Canada has made in implementing the official languages action plan?

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, the hon. member is seeing the whole thing with a great deal of optimism when he says that we will agree on just about everything, that we will have a common currency, that there will be no borders, that there will be a comprehensive treaty between Quebec and Canada

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, first I want to thank the member for his kind words and wishes. I want to express the same to him. I wanted to get back to what he said. I have two short questions. First, he talked about Quebec's conditions, that is the reason why Quebeckers should vote for sover

Riding of Honoré-Mercier  Mr. Speaker, it is with both pride and humility that I rise for the first time in this House. I must say that, for someone who arrived in Canada at the age of eight, speaking not a word of French or English, it is a particularly moving moment. My first words will be to thank the