Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, asylum seekers are a federal responsibility. Instead of repeating that Ottawa is not an ATM, it is time for the federal government to stop treating Quebeckers like a credit card. The entire cost of services for asylum seekers is being foisted on us. Now the bill is

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, there are two solitudes in our approach to asylum seekers. On one side, Quebec is taking in half of Canada's asylum seekers. We do not hesitate to do so. We first deliver services at our own expense and then we ask the federal government to reimburse the $460‑millio

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, things are happening with the $460 million the federal government has to give back to Quebeckers for asylum seekers. Yesterday, the minister confirmed that the ball is in the Minister of Finance's court. That is why we are asking her about this today, but there is in

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, we are addressing the Minister of Finance, because right now, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship is the problem. He is the one who is preventing this file from being resolved. We want a conversation between serious-minded people. Quebec takes in 48

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, it is not easy because, on the one hand, the Liberals are not helping us with Bill C‑41, and on the other hand, we have people who want to cut back on international aid. Canada currently spends 0.3% of its GDP on international aid. The UN is asking for 0.7% from c

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, there has of course been a crystal clear consensus since the Chantal Daigle case, and I think that a woman's right to make decisions about her body is as fundamental to me as Quebec becoming a country. These are values that go together. When I look at the other si

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I always enjoy working with my colleague from Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan. I think a lot more needs to be done. One of the things we could do, and this has already been proposed at the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, which I am a part of, i

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I do find that disappointing, because I have a lot of friends in the Conservative Party. They know me. I am someone who likes to work with others. I have friends in every party. I am in politics to advance issues. I think that is easier when we work together and se

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I thought this moment would never come. It may come up from time to time. I was not expecting to give a 20-minute speech about this. I had prepared a speech on another committee report, but in the end, things changed. In my opinion, the Conservatives may have sle

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, maybe I got it wrong after all. Perhaps they did not get enough sleep, if they are raising points of order like that. As I was saying, the story of Icarus is very interesting. He was so sure of himself that he thought he had come up with an excellent solution, but

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, they are saying that what I said is false. The member I mentioned, the member for Peace River—Westlock, did a Facebook Live video when the Roe v. Wade decision was overturned. He said that it was excellent news, that this was his mission in politics and that this k

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I took the time to find the motion that we are debating today, because the Conservative Party seems to be a bit confused. The motion reads as follows: In particular, the committee denounces the Taliban system of gender discrimination, systemic violence targeting

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, sometimes in politics there are simple files, so my question will be rather simple. The federal government owes $460 million to Quebec for taking in asylum seekers, something that falls strictly under federal jurisdiction. Last Friday, the Minister of Immigration me

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, no need for three-month round tables; a 30-second conversation should be plenty. The minister has three things to say. The first is thank you. The second is, to whom should I make out the cheque? And the third is, where do I deposit the money? When will he reimburse

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. The problem that we have with this provision, which seeks to eliminate the GST on the construction of rental housing, is that the government is making assumptions. The government is trusting the private sector to br