Dépanneur Saint-François  Mr. Speaker, we know a thing or two about helping and supporting one another in Lac-Saint-Jean. More than five years ago, the municipality of Saint-François-de-Sales, in my riding, became a true food desert with the closure of the only grocery store in the community. It was near

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, the bill is 550 pages long and my colleague zeroed in on something very specific. I thank my colleague for asking that question, but I will come back to what he said. Am I in the wrong Parliament? No, I am not. If he wants to fight for a united Canada, I strongly su

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, what I have to say is that it is great if an announcement was made with my colleague from Salaberry—Suroît, who I always refer to as my treasured whip. When I am told that the federal government is working hand in hand with the Government of Quebec, then I want to k

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to be here this evening to finally give this speech, which I have been looking forward to doing for quite some time. I would like to start by saying that there are some good measures in Bill C‑59. As everyone knows, this is an omnibus bill. It would ha

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, I really enjoyed my colleague's speech. There were a lot of numbers in his speech, which is great. He shared one number that I liked. He talked about the polls and said that the Liberal Party was 20 points behind the Conservative Party in the polls. What he may ha

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, my colleague said something interesting. He said that, ever since the Harper government lost power nine years ago, the Liberals have not stood up to do what is right and fair. In other words, he just admitted that the Liberals have not been getting the job done fo

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech. We work very well together at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. I really enjoy working with him. He is very thorough. The Conservatives say they are going to form the next government. We, as w

Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals tell us that they are very green and very environmentally minded. We have looked at the budget and analyzed it carefully because we are thorough. If something is good for Quebec, then we will vote for it. If it is bad for Quebec, then we will vote agains

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Immigration has finally met with his counterparts from Quebec, the provinces and the territories. They have finally started talking about integration capacity. What solution did they come up with? They are going to put a working group together to exam

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, he should have invited me. Next time, I will go. Quebec is asking to be reimbursed $1 billion for the cost of welcoming refugee claimants. Quebec is asking that the cost of welcoming refugee claimants be shared with provinces that are not carrying their fair share o

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, after the meeting, the Minister of Immigration stated that the status quo was no longer acceptable. However, as we speak, it is still the status quo. Nothing has changed on the ground. As of now, the federal government has not paid back a penny, and Quebec is still t

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Immigration is meeting with his counterparts tomorrow and there is no shortage of demands. Quebec is calling for the integration of asylum seekers to be shared with the provinces, a cut to temporary immigration, the approval by Quebec of its candidate

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, Quebec will not achieve its French integration targets if the number of people needing to learn French breaks records every year. Quebec cannot continue to take in 54% of all of Canada's asylum seekers. This is a matter of social justice for the people we can no lon

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the willingness to take in asylum seekers is real. Quebec will be unable to reverse the decline of French if the federal government rows in the opposite direction. Ottawa is responsible for two-thirds of Quebec's temporary immigration through the international mobil

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, Quebec just announced $603 million to stop the decline of French. Most of that amount will be used to teach French to temporary foreign workers. This is good news for the vitality of the French language, but it will not be enough, because the majority of foreign wor