Interest Act  moved for leave to introduce Bill C-459, An Act to amend the Interest Act (prepayment charge). Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce this bill, which is inspired by a bill that was tabled in the last Parliament by my then colleague Laurin Liu, who was the member for Rivière-des

Access to Information Act  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to congratulate my colleague from Hull—Aylmer on his new role as Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board. My question has to do with the amendments proposed by the Senate and the committee. In committee, NDP members proposed

Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act  Mr. Speaker, we are indeed talking about Bill C-15, which this bill seeks to replace. I was in Parliament when Bill C-15 was passed under the Conservative government. It sought to replace the regional councils in the Northwest Territories with one large pan-territorial council.

National Security Act, 2017  Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the minister and the House that, when Bill C-51 was introduced in the previous Parliament, the Liberals who were in opposition at the time voted in favour of Bill C-51, regardless of all the freedom of expression and privacy issues it might cau

Rural Economic Development  Mr. Speaker, 13 of the 39 municipalities in my riding have little or no cellphone coverage. While big cities will soon have 5G service, some regions are still fighting to get 3G. Two weeks ago, I asked why the Liberals view and treat people in the regions as second-class citizens

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I see that the member is taking the same approach he took in 2015, that is, giving the government full credit for creating jobs, just as the Conservatives did in 2011 and in 2015. The government can take action to facilitate certain things, but all economists agree

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. There are indeed some considerable differences between our respective visions. However, I think his question was interesting, and I will answer it as the economist I am. When a business wants to borrow money, it assesses its

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I have a very simple question for my colleague. This question gets repeated with every budget and every budget implementation bill. In 2015, his party promised to put an end to omnibus budgets. Year after year, actually, twice a year with budget implementation bills

Budget Implementation Act, 2019, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I have just 10 minutes to talk about Bill C-97, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2019 and other measures. I would have liked to have my colleague answer my question, since he had the time and it was not too compli

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to come back to the question that my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert asked. It is clear that one of the reasons why the media industry is having so much trouble right now is that institutions such as Facebook and other social media are using the c

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition to the House that calls on the government to make access to employment insurance more universal. I want to remind members that 35% of unemployed women and 52% of unemployed men who contribute to EI are not eligible for EI benefits

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, there is one element in my colleague's speech with which I agree. It is that this crisis was foreseeable. We knew that the media, especially the print media, was in trouble, but that trouble was compounded by the fact that social media such as Facebook, Twitter and

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. In a past life, in my youth, I worked for two weekly newspapers in Rimouski, Le Rimouskois and Progrès-Écho, which are now defunct. There is only one weekly paper left, which was started later on. Diversity of information has

Petitions  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House to present a petition calling on the government to ensure universal access to employment insurance. I would like to point out that only 35% of unemployed women are eligible for regular EI benefits compared to 52% of unemployed men

Extension of Sitting Hours  Mr. Speaker, I would like to read a quote from a debate that occurred in the House not too long ago. It is a government that since it acquired a majority has had a different attitude in the House of Commons. It is one where it feels it does not need to consult with people, that