Justice  Mr. Speaker, by agreeing to this closure motion to push back medical assistance in dying until 2027, those three parties are abandoning those who are suffering. They refuse to listen to the consensus in Canada. They should listen to the consensus in Quebec. They can do that by cr

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member, who is from a neighbouring riding, for that question. Yes, we often get this kind of request. I would say we need to show respect for the people who are making these requests. We should be able to support these people as a condition for welc

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, quite simply, Canada operates with two levels of government that often fight over jurisdictional issues. In the case of immigration, both levels of government are involved. To simplify this situation and cut out some of the public service without cutting services, w

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I must commend the hon. member on her efforts and the quality of her French. I humbly salute her. I have never been to Edmonton's French quarter. Maybe one day I will go if I am invited. I must say that it is important that the francophonie be preserved, especially

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, first I would like to say that I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague from Saint‑Jean. I am very pleased to rise today to speak to an extremely important issue, a sensitive issue if ever there was one, and I would say that the Bloc Québécois was pretty muc

Privilege  Mr. Speaker, I would like to return to the question of privilege that was raised by the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle yesterday regarding who was responsible for inviting Yaroslav Hunka to attend events with the President of Ukraine during his visit to Canada in September 2023. I

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, when it comes to asylum seekers, the Liberals are laughing at Quebeckers. Not only has the Liberal government yet to reimburse the $470 million it has owed Quebeckers since 2021, but to top it off, it plans to give Toronto $143 million to house future asylum seekers

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, that great relationship exists only in his imagination. Toronto got $143 million to house future asylum seekers, but all of Quebec got only $100 million. On top of that, none of Quebec's demands have been met: The $470 million debt has not been repaid, there is no

Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Motion No. 86. We have been talking about electoral reform for a long time. Many political parties have pledged to reform the electoral system in all sorts of ways, or said, before forming government, that they were going to und

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister said that “immigration levels are based on our capacity to welcome and integrate newcomers.” Unfortunately, that is entirely untrue. As early as 2022, his public service warned him that if he raised his immigration targets, he would wor

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals knew that increasing immigration levels would exacerbate the housing crisis. They did it anyway. Today, the consequences are blowing up in their face and there is no sign of them rectifying the situation, which they seem incapable of doing. No, on the

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I did not say anything of the kind. I will continue. There are two fundamental rules for a good Speaker: good judgment and non-partisanship. What I am saying is that between the time when the report was tabled and today, new information has come to light. That is wh

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, ever since the member for Hull—Aylmer was elected as Speaker, he has been making missteps. Historically, this has never been seen before in the House. I was there when the Speaker appeared before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. I listened to w

Points of Order  Madam Speaker, I would like to comment on the remarks made by the member for Winnipeg North, who referred to the nature of the Conservatives' vote on one of the aspects of the many votes that were held in the House on Friday. He simply mentioned the Conservatives' vote. The Cons

Points of Order  Madam Chair, I would have liked to be part of the debate on the earlier point of order to talk about Standing Order 18, which the Conservatives mentioned and which, according to them, prevents members from reflecting on a vote. We cannot criticize a vote, but we can talk about i