Parliament of Canada Act  Madam Speaker, the Conservative member for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is proposing that we examine Bill C-377. It is an important bill that requires serious consideration. The bill summary states the following, and I quote: This enactment amends the Parliament of Canada Act to spec

Privilege  Madam Speaker, it seems to me that we are seeing more and more of this kind of attitude, with half answers, evasive comments, a lot of nonsense and a general lack of seriousness. Does my colleague think that we are starting to see a pattern of refusing to answer questions at com

Privilege  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech, which was fascinating, accurate and straight to the point. The people in my riding of Trois-Rivières know that I used to work in ethics, so they often ask me questions about this, about what happened with ArriveC

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I have the pleasure of serving with him on the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Regarding the alternative facts that he often cites—instead of repeating ideas written by others, that criticize with

International Day of La Francophonie  Mr. Speaker, Jean Ferrat said in his song, “It is so beautiful, life is beautiful”, so today I say, “It is so beautiful, La Francophonie is beautiful”. Every year, we celebrate La Francophonie in March. All around the world, La Francophonie is a dynamic force that makes cultures

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, we have been talking about procurement and ArriveCAN. There were plenty of disasters before ArriveCAN. When we look at the government's real capacity to manage passports, borders, when we look at WE Charity or employment insurance, Canada Life, we realize one thing

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague, who was at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics this morning. When I look at ArriveCAN, I see the latest in a long line of fiascos. I recall the government was having a hard time delivering passports. It is

Canada Labour Code  Mr. Speaker, obviously, we have said, and reiterated today, that we are in favour of such a bill. We are a bit shocked that it will not come into force for 18 months, because this government will likely not be in office 18 months from now, and we are concerned about that. With r

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert for his passionate speech. I would like to ask him a question that has really been bothering me. Last December, I received a letter from an organization in Trois‑Rivières, Les Artisans de la paix. They told me that

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou for her passionate and moderate speech that puts things into perspective. Let us not forget that, in 1997, Quebec brought forward such a plan. It was the work of Pauline Marois, whose courage allowed for gr

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier for his passionate speech. I know that he is on a mission for the Francophonie. I am delighted to serve with him on the Assemblée des parlementaires de la Francophonie. I know he cares about this. His speech earlie

National Council for Reconciliation Act  Mr. Speaker, I heard my colleague's passionate speech here, as well as that of my colleague across the way, and I have a question. Where will the funding for this national council for reconciliation come from? There were some figures provided in 2019, but now we are talking abou

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, the fact that the debate was hijacked, basically kidnapped by people in the Conservative Party who wanted to turn it into a debate on the carbon tax is deplorable. It is truly unacceptable. We are talking about helping a country at war through a free trade agreement

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, my colleague's questions are always straight to the point and quite brilliant. What enables trust in a given environment? I would say that it is the ability to understand. If people want to understand, they need to be informed. Certainly, being presented with a bil

Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I fear I may disappoint my colleagues, because I will not be talking about the carbon tax. It is often said that the desire to appear clever stops us from actually becoming clever. That is what I will try to show today. I want to comment on Bill C‑57, which seeks t