Relations with Indigenous Peoples  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. From what I heard, it seems that Mr. Norton is setting down “his conditions” to resolve the situation in British Columbia. One of those conditions, which is also one of the proposed solutions, is to have the RCMP withdra

Relations with Indigenous Peoples  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for her question. Yes, last week, I contacted the office of Joseph Norton, the grand chief of the Kahnawake band council, but we were unable to meet because of scheduling difficulties. I am still waiting for his call. Since they know a little b

Relations with Indigenous Peoples  Madam Speaker, I want to inform you that I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères. I am not proud of this, but in some ways, the people of La Prairie were the pioneers of the sad situation were are currently experiencing. As of la

Public Safety  Mr. Speaker, the rail blockades are holding the public hostage. In my riding, more than 3,000 people no longer have access to public transit. Last week, I tried to contact the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; no answer. I contacted the Minister of Indigenous Services; no

Request for Emergency Debate  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 52, I rise today to request that the House hold an emergency debate on the issues that have motivated some indigenous communities to impose rail blockades and on the economic impact of those blockades. As parliamentarians, we cannot remain

Justice  Mr. Speaker, a few minutes ago, we learned that the English Montreal School Board has renounced government funding for its challenge to Bill 21. Even the school board thinks this situation is absurd. I hope the Liberals will realize the absurdity of the situation. Will the gover

Justice  Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, responding to the Bloc, the Minister of Justice issued an invitation to challenge bill 21. At 2:27 p.m., he said, “There are Quebeckers who are currently challenging the bill in court, and that is the right forum.” The next day, we learned that the Engli

Justice  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said during the election that he was not going to challenge Bill 21 at this time. The moment came yesterday with Quebec taxpayers' money. François Legault said this morning that the Canadian Prime Minister was insulting Quebeckers. He said, “This

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Dumping has been condemned by all industrialized countries and by the WTO. Everyone knows that the Chinese dump products, meaning that they sell their products at prices below the production costs. China is banned from exporting

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her speech. We were quick to speak out to protect jobs in the aluminum sector. I thank the member for asking me a question about this. I find the government's interpretation of the agreement quite impressive. Everything the Libera

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I want to acknowledge my colleague and thank him for his speech. He praised his government's negotiating skills and claimed that government officials stood up to the Americans. In my earlier remarks, I said that aluminum dumping is happening in Mexico, which is pr

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the government has less than a month to say yes or no to Frontier, Teck's mega-polluting megaproject. The project means 260,000 barrels a day and four million tonnes of greenhouse gases a year for 40 years. That is what is on the table. Many trees will have to be pla

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, unless the Prime Minister is an environmentalist in name only, he should drop the rhetoric and start taking real action. He should have the courage of his alleged convictions. Rejecting the Teck Frontier project would be a good start. Approving it would be a total di

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for his question. Obviously, trade deals are always a good thing for the parties and countries involved. This has been known since Adam Smith published his thesis in 1776. I do not fall off my chair when I hear someone talk about the importance

Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, we are not bargaining here. We are not about to say that we will trade support for aluminum for support for other industries. That is not what is happening here. We have here a trade agreement that does not close the insidious loophole that was forced down Quebeck