Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, this being my first speech in the House, I would like to acknowledge my constituents in La Prairie and thank them for putting their trust in me in the last election. My colleague from P.E.I. spoke about divisions. He pointed out that Canada is currently divided, as

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, this being my first formal speech in the House, I would like to take the opportunity to thank my campaign volunteers, who worked so hard to get one more Bloc Québécois MP in this place. I am so grateful to them. I am also very pleased to thank the members of my hard

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I was talking about health transfer payments. I explained in detail that the provinces are dependent on funds from Ottawa, and they have been since the beginning of Confederation. Federal government transfers flow to the provinces so that they can do their job. Over

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his fine words because he is saying good things about farmers. We will always agree on that. He said that he is prepared to work together. I have no problem with that, on the contrary. The Bloc Québécois is prepared to collaborat

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  I was the member for Sanguinet.

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, thank you for your comment. I apologize for breaking the rules of the House. Indeed, I have crossed paths with my colleague in other circles. He said that the Conservatives attached a sum of money to the trade agreement. I hope he does a better job attaching his toq

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the leader of the NDP, for the question. I will tell him the truth. I just started sitting in the House. I have worked on the single tax return file, and I am quite familiar with it. Did I talk to those people? At the time, it was not my respon

Resumption of debate on Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question and congratulations. What will I do for Canadian unity? That is a good question. I will not answer it, but instead, I will tell her what I will do for Quebec. Quebeckers elected 32 Bloc Québécois members. From the outset, we mad

Municipality of Saint-Philippe  Mr. Speaker, I am proud to pay tribute to the city of Saint-Philippe, which just wrapped up its 275th anniversary celebrations. On Saturday, December 7, the people of Saint-Philippe joined together for a massive Christmas party, which was the culmination of a very successful yea

Official Report  Mr. Speaker, I am asking for the unanimous consent of the House to table the impact study prepared for the Comité deux villes/deux alumineries and the Société de la Vallée de l'aluminium entitled “Impacts économiques 2020-2029 sur l'économie du Québec des projets compromis par la

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, while our leader was addressing the government, our members clearly heard the member for Dufferin—Caledon make some comments that were completely unacceptable. We are asking him to apologize.

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, the member made comments that were completely unacceptable. He needs to stand up and apologize to the House. We cannot tolerate this sort of thing.

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, I just want to point out that he called the leader of our party a hypocrite. That is unacceptable in the House, and I expect him to apologize.

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, this is a broad and heavy topic, so today, I will just keep to the country of origin rule. I will give a brief history to explain where that comes from, why it is important and how this agreement threatens Quebec's aluminum industry. First, modern agreements orig

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. Obviously, trade deals are always a good thing for the parties and countries involved. This has been known since Adam Smith published his thesis in 1776. I do not fall off my chair when I hear someone talk about the importance