Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, this morning, I asked the leader of the official opposition if he could explain the difference between legalization, decriminalization and diversion. He answered, “There really is no difference. It is just semantics”. I know that my colleague had an illustrious ca

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition said in his speech that the City of Montreal had voted in favour of decriminalizing drugs. If that is true, why does point (b) of the Conservative motion use the phrase “make...legal” instead? That is my first question. My second questi

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I too want to express my full support for the member, who has first-hand experience with interference and threats to his own family. I think all our colleagues here feel the same way. Having said that, we now need to turn those feelings into action. I think the membe

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is not that far away from me, but I am struggling to hear him. There is some annoying background noise.

Pharmacare Act  Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to our colleague's speech. I liked the “Ottawa knows best” criticism. It is true that Ottawa, usually after crises like the one we are currently in, always tends to centralize, to leverage its authority in order to achieve greater uniformity, t

Pharmacare Act  Madam Speaker, I know that my colleague is a member from Quebec. The members of the National Assembly of Quebec unanimously requested a right to opt out of the pharmacare program with compensation. This means that we are not opposed to Canada having its own program. They say that

Pharmacare Act  Mr. Speaker, there is one thing I do not understand: Why is it difficult to provide for the right to opt out with full financial compensation? Everyone would be happy. Those who want in, stay in. Those who want out, take the money and do their own thing. It is not going to lesse

Jani Barré  Mr. Speaker, a woman from Saint‑Hyacinthe has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. Jani Barré, who has a rare genetic disorder called osteogenesis imperfecta, completed her 10th marathon in a wheelchair in London. She completed the fastest women's wheelchair marathon

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the contracts awarded by the Government of Canada or any other government agency for the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management project since February 7, 2018, broken down by supplier: what are the details of all these contracts, i

Canada Border Services Agency  Mr. Speaker, the average calibre of the questions has certainly improved drastically today, but the average calibre of the answers has not. The Canada Border Services Agency refunded businesses over $20 million to have them scrap their goods after taking pains to render them unu

The Budget  Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois requests a recorded division.

The Budget  Madam Speaker, since my colleague and I both serve on the Standing Committee on International Trade, I will ask a question related to those issues. Budget 2024 says that it reaffirms the federal government's commitment to introduce legislation to eradicate forced labour from su

2020 Shootings in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among the parties and I believe if you seek it, you shall find unanimous consent for the following motion: “That this House find, just as the Standing Committee—

Pharmacare Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her speech. She is the chair of the committee I sit on. We have often worked together in the past four and a half years, almost five. I have sat on the same committee since I first came to the House, so I have had the opportunit

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, Ottawa is brewing a new fiasco at the border. On May 13, importers might hit a wall at customs. Why? Because that is when CARM, the new application for assessing and paying duties and taxes is officially implemented at the border. Last week, 22 organizations raised