Government Programs  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals raised almost $3 million in the first few months of 2020, while the Conservatives raised $4 million. They are rolling in cash. They can pay their staff, but they are asking families to chip in and pay them. Why? It is partisanship. They are asking Quebec

Government Response to Petitions  Mr. Speaker, they had plenty of time to stand up. I do not know what happened. Maybe they were on sick leave? In any case, it hardly matters. They did not stand, so I think the decision should be easy to make.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, Quebec is a distinct society. Even staunch federalist Robert Bourassa said so and championed the cause with other Canadians. Among other things, “distinct society” means that most of us speak French. It is the only official language of Quebec. Our culture is differe

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. Of course wage subsidies are important. Just look at the Liberals; they are certainly taking full advantage. It is clearly very important to them, but the problem is that the whole purpose of the program was kind of undermined

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, one thing is for sure: I do not support the fact that the Conservatives are also going to dip into the Canada emergency wage subsidy in order to try and wipe away their supposed financial problems, when they are as rich as Croesus. I might even say that Croesus was p

Intergovernmental Relations  Mr. Speaker, the government has announced that it is going to give workers 10 days of sick leave. Unfortunately, given that 95% of workers are not covered by the Canada Labour Code, we see that this issue will not be decided here. I was pleased to hear the question from the lea

Intergovernmental Relations  Mr. Speaker, they obviously had no agreement with the provinces and Quebec. The government is just telling us that, if the provinces decide to give 10 days of leave, the feds are in agreement. That is not a measure, it is a wish. Who is going to pay for this? The federal govern

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Mr. Speaker, I agree with the House Leader of the Official Opposition. We heard that this morning, but it did not come up. I held out hope. Unfortunately, the motion before us summarily puts an end to the business of the House as we have known it for the past two days. The gover

An Act Respecting Additional COVID-19 Measures  Mr. Speaker, I seek the unanimous consent of the House for the following motion: That the sitting be suspended until such time as the Chair may reconvene the sitting following consultation with the House leaders.

An Act Respecting Additional COVID-19 Measures  Yes, Mr. Speaker.

Government Business No. 8  Mr. Speaker, we were told that the government was spending all of the necessary funds during an unprecedented time. That is clear to everyone, obviously, since we have a $243-billion deficit. We certainly feel it as well However, the thing people are forgetting is that Quebec an

Government Business No. 8  Madam Chair, on April 29, the Bloc Québécois proposed an amendment to the CERB whereby the more one works, the higher one's income will be, independently of the amount or number of hours worked. That makes total sense. We asked the government to make that happen, and the Deputy P

An Act Respecting Further COVID-19 Measures  Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois welcomed the bill tabled today in the House of Commons. We were the first party to express our support for this bill. This bill is not perfect and does not meet all of our expectations. However, we believe that it is truly a step forward in the

An Act Respecting Further COVID-19 Measures  Madam Speaker, I will not comment on what the Conservatives believe to be fair or unfair when it comes to the wage subsidy. When they have good ideas, it is because the Bloc is rubbing off on them. They have seen the light a few times. It took time, but we applaud them. We have f

An Act Respecting Further COVID-19 Measures  Madam Speaker, the adjustment is something new. Before, when the decline in revenue was less than 30%, everyone was treated the same way. As soon as revenues declined by less than 30%, businesses were not entitled to any assistance at all for those months. Thanks to this adjustm