Address in Reply  Mr. Speaker, allow me to use this first opportunity in the House to address the people of the great riding of Mirabel. I thank them for placing their trust in me. Allow me also to address my partner, my love, Dyhia. She supports me in this endeavour and joins me in this journey.

Flooding in British Columbia  Mr. Speaker, this government spends as much money every three months on oil and gas subsidies as it plans to spend on its disaster mitigation and adaptation fund for the next 10 years. True, the government is committed to a transition, but it is a transition to fossil fuel energ

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Madam Speaker, as we saw in the Speech from the Throne, we have a government that talks the talk but does not walk the walk. We have a government that talks about science, but that does not act on it. Can someone explain to me why the City of Montreal, the Quebec National Assemb

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Madam Speaker, I have a hard time understanding that whole controversy as well, because it never should have happened. There is no controversy over opening arenas, universities or restaurants, but members on the other side of the House are suggesting a government available for d

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, while flight schools in Vancouver are only charged 20% of the full rate, Aéroports de Montréal has decided to charge the full rate for flight schools that train French-speaking pilots in my riding of Mirabel. Believe it or not, the plan is to increase the rates from

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, there is no hiding it: the Speech from the Throne is a bit like a paint by numbers. There is a general outline, but no colour. Since my hon. colleague wants to work with the other parties, I will take this opportunity to talk about health care funding. This is abo

Community Support in Mirabel  Mr. Speaker, in Quebec alone, 600,000 people rely on food assistance each month, according to Food Banks of Quebec. As the holiday season draws near, I would like to highlight the strong community spirit of the people in my riding. No less than eight fundraisers are being planne

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Parkdale—High Park from the bottom of my heart for his speech. I can see that he is quite familiar with the health care system and its funding, as well as mental health. I must make a confession today. The only time I read the Canadian Cons

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Shefford. I would like to take a moment to thank the volunteers at the Centre d'entraide Saint‑Colomban, the parish of Saint Francis of Assisi in Oka, and the Carrefour d'entraide Saint-Placide for organizing their cha

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I could answer him with the words of Gilles Vigneault: One world ends, another begins You can take back your romance I think I finally understand We are no longer from the same land

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for raising this issue. We have been very clear about our proposal over the past several days. We are asking the minister to create a joint task force immediately, because it is within his authority to do so. The fact that we have to keep

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, this is a very emotional issue for us, and I thank the former leader of the Green Party for raising it. At this time, it is difficult to know how much of the area in question is polluted. We expect that the Quebec and federal governments will team up and look into

Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply  Madam Speaker, we are interested in finance that generates long-term investments. Long-term growth is generated by investments that are sustainable. Likewise, long-term pollution is generated by sustained investments in the most polluting markets. We want to increase the banks'

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, my colleague clearly has a lot of empathy for her constituents in Elgin—Middlesex—London. I want to point out that, between 2011 and 2016, during the Harper era, Canada lost more than 320,000 housing units for the least fortunate Canadians. I would like to know how

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois made a very simple proposal during the last election campaign. It proposed that, year after year and without exception, the government dedicate 1% of the spending budget to housing, not only to affordable housing, but also to social housing. I hav