Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I am still in shock. I would like to thank my colleague for his question, because it gives me a chance to gather my thoughts. In fact, this is all so absurd that I am struggling to make sense of it. It is important to understand that the leader of the Conservative

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that, in a way, sums up what I was getting at. I thank my colleague for the question. It allows me to elaborate a bit. In politics, as members know, we try to reach people to listen to their problems and to offer them solutions. We then come to the House to repres

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the two bills seek to help lower-income households deal with inflation. We obviously agree with increasing the GST credit. We have been talking about that for a long time, and we are glad that the government is waking up. However, there is one thing we do not like

Business of Supply  Thank you, Madam Speaker. I was saying that supply has decreased. This is partly because of broken supply chains, the war in Ukraine and the labour shortage. These are the causes. That means that, if we want to solve our problems, these are the things we must act on. What are t

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia. I do not quite know how to start my speech because I am a little discouraged. We are used to the Conservatives saying things that border on populism, and they have a tendency to over

Business of Supply  Usually, in economics and the humanities, and even in the pure sciences, if you want to solve a problem, you have to define it first. Then, you need to find the sources of the problem. Lastly, you need to address those sources. The problem is inflation. Is inflation purely a Que

Health  Mr. Speaker, Ottawa is ending health measures at the border. No more tests, no more masks, no more quarantine. It is over. That brings me to the issue of health transfers. In 2021, the Prime Minister said that he was considering increasing them, but only after the crisis. He sai

Health  Mr. Speaker, I cannot make these things up: There is one place in Quebec where the pandemic is still raging, and it is the only place where the federal government still refuses to invest money. I am talking about our health care centres. This morning, I was listening to the Mini

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, we are glad that the House has resumed because it is absolutely vital that we talk about guns. That was the big news story this summer in Montreal. There was one shooting after another happening almost every day. Just last Tuesday, there were four shootings in a sing

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, based on what Mayor Plante has said, I am not so sure they have such a great working relationship. The minister is talking about legal guns, but we need to take action against illegal guns. What we are seeing in our streets are illegal guns, and the federal governme

Passports  Mr. Speaker, the federal government's management of passports is so incompetent. The solution is not appointment tickets, as the minister is proposing, it is not fifty-fifty draws, and it is not a Hunger Games. The only solution is to open offices seven days a week. The people i

Passports  Mr. Speaker, the minister should go and ask the people who are waiting in line in Quebec if they are happy with the answer that this is unacceptable, that the government needs to do better and that it is working hard. The government needs to open the offices seven days a week wi

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Mr. Speaker, the member for Winnipeg North says that that demonstrates leadership. I thank him for that. He demonstrated leadership because he is an exception. As I explained, we support the idea of members who have COVID-19 not coming to the House in person but still being abl

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Mr. Speaker, that is somewhat related to what I was saying. Of course, during a pandemic, people might get COVID-19 and be contagious. In such cases, it is appropriate for them to be able to continue working virtually. That being said, when the pandemic is over or becomes much l

Order Respecting the Business of the House and its Committees  Mr. Speaker, my colleague wants to know whether it is reasonable to make this decision today. How would waiting until September to make this decision change any of his rhetoric? It would not change a thing. On the contrary, let us wait and see whether COVID‑19 continues. If it