COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, can a group of artists or a group of musicians who get their income from performing at festivals or selling recordings, for example, but whose members are not officially wage earners, apply for the 75% wage subsidy?

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, the government recently announced a bailout for the oil and gas sector. During the 2008 crisis, some of the bailout money was used to enhance CEO bonuses or to pay out dividends. Our concern is that the workers are the ones who need to benefit from the bailout in the c

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, I would like to start by taking a moment to thank my team in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie for their amazing work. I am certain that all of the MPs' teams are busy trying to help the public by providing services and answering questions. On behalf of all of them, I want to

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Minister of Finance's trip to Calgary to speak to members of the Economic Club of Canada on February 10, 2020: (a) who travelled with the minister, excluding security personnel and journalists, broken down by (i) name, (ii) title; (b) what was the total cost of

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to expenses on photographs or photography services by Canadian Heritage, or any other department, for visits of members of the British royal family from the month of November 2015 until now: (a) what is the total of these expenses; (b) what is the name of each supplie

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages' trip to Edmonton to participate in a funding announcement to help western Canadian companies, in February 2020: (a) who travelled with the minister, excluding security personnel and journalists, broken do

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government advertising between fiscal years 2011-12 and 2018-19, broken down by fiscal year: (a) how much has each department, agency and Crown corporation spent on advertising (i) on Facebook, (ii) on Xbox, Xbox 360 or Xbox One, (iii) on YouTube, (iv) in sponsored

Public Safety  Madam Speaker, I believe that you will find unanimous consent in the House on the following motion: That the House condemn the decal that has come out in the news today, promoting violent sexual assault on a young environmental activist as well as all other threats, racist, and

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question, which has been coming up since earlier today. I would simply say to him that if all parliamentarians had his attitude, collaboration would be generally easier in the House. I think it is important to put things in context and

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I think this gives us an opportunity to improve ourselves and engage in healthier, more rational and more reasonable discussions. I hope that will be the case, especially in committees, where we will have opportunities to propose amendments and find ways for all pa

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. I could continue to give examples of subjects that we could raise in the House as parliamentarians and that would give us an opportunity to better represent our constituents. One of my NDP colleagues from Winnipeg moved a mo

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to take this opportunity today to express my disgust and profound outrage at the decal produced by oil company X-Site Energy Services. This decal shows an explicit representation of young environmentalist Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted. This is dis

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saint-Jean for her intervention, which I enjoyed very much. I think that over the past four years, the Liberal government has gotten in the habit of systematically muzzling and showing contempt for Parliament. Today, the Liberals are lear

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, this morning on the radio, our friend Romeo Saganash reminded us that every crisis is an opportunity to achieve great things. Right now, there are two convergent battles being waged: the fight for indigenous rights and the fight against climate change. However, the

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I find it quite incredible that the official opposition is suggesting that the government wants to favour euthanasia over palliative care. I find that quite shocking. There is one issue that concerns me in relation to people with Alzheimer's disease. Unlike physic