Financial Protection for Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Act  Madam Speaker, I apologize, but I am rising to ensure the safety of the interpreters. They have just indicated that there is a telephone too close to the microphone. I am thinking of them. We know that this can sometimes cause acoustic shocks, so it is important to be careful.

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, throughout this debate, I will try to bring us back to the matter at hand today, Bill C‑56. Yesterday, at a meeting with entrepreneurs, I was asked what happened to the $900 million for housing. What does my colleague think of that? It might be important to relea

National Seniors Day  Mr. Speaker, this Sunday, October 1, we will celebrate the International Day of Older Persons and National Seniors Day. The purpose of this day is to raise public awareness about issues related to seniors, such as aging and abuse. It is an important day on the calendar to apprec

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert came to see us in Shefford. The problem is very serious in Granby. The member toured Quebec, and what the organizations in Quebec are asking for is assistance for community groups. Community groups in Quebec are not talking

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, as I was saying to my colleague, we need to look at what should be done with private housing and find the best solution. Beyond what is proposed in this bill, the Bloc Québécois also wants to debate it in committee in order to make suggestions, ask more questions

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I think I was fairly clear in my speech. Ottawa has no business dictating our fiscal policy to us. This was precisely Quebec's response. Quebec is asking for its share because social housing and homelessness are part of its jurisdiction and it wants to take action.

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I talked about this in my speech, but I thank my colleague for giving me the opportunity to come back to this much-vaunted acquisition fund. In 2021, during the election campaign, when I spoke about the acquisition fund during the Eastern Townships housing debates

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I was about to explain, when I was interrupted by the Leader of the Opposition, that the Bloc Québécois deplores the federal government's constant need to dictate to Quebec how to spend its money. First, we want the government to transfer Quebec its share with no

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C‑56. As the member for Shefford, I have had a lot of people talk to me about the issue of social housing and homelessness. The town of Granby has been hit hard by this crisis and, as the critic for seniors, during my tour of the four

55th Anniversary of the Granby International Song Festival  Mr. Speaker, what do Jean Leloup, Pierre Lapointe and the member for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix have in common? They have all participated in the Granby International Song Festival, also known by its French acronym, FICG. This summer, the FICG celebrated i

Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his new position as Minister of Seniors. I hope we will be able to meet together soon to discuss this matter. I spent part of the summer on the road, meeting with groups across Quebec. Concerning Bill C‑49, we have a lo

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP): (a) how many project applications were submitted in each province for the last three calls for community project proposals, broken down by constituency; (b) how many of the projects in (a) received a grant or contributio

Monique Bégin  Mr. Speaker, Quebec feminist Monique Bégin chose politics as the path to achieve great things not only for herself, but for everyone. Her fight for women moved an entire society forward. A founding member of the Fédération des femmes du Québec, executive secretary of the Royal C

Mahsa Amini  Mr. Speaker, one year ago, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, was arrested by the morality police on a street in Tehran. She was arrested for not wearing her hijab properly. Three days later, she succumbed to injuries sustained while in police custody. Since then, she has become

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I want to ask my colleague about an interesting aspect of the bill that warrants further study. It is also a request from women's groups who have been thinking about a specific issue. The bill reads in part: expand the reverse onus provision for offences involving