Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Although he represents a Montreal riding, I know that he is also aware of the reality of the regions. At the end of his speech, he talked about the infrastructure privatization bank. For my part, I represent a riding whose large

Health  Mr. Speaker, after the Prime Minister announced a 20% increase in Canada's contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, we learned that organizations here in Canada are going to have their funding cut. Some of them will lose up to 70% of their funding,

Poverty Reduction Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to make it clear that, at this point, we are not making any decisions. The second reading vote is simply about sending the bill to committee. We just heard that the Prime Minister and his cabinet will vote against the bill because they vote against all privat

Canadian Heritage  Madam Speaker, I am pleased to hear that the government recognizes that the print media is an integral part of our democracy and that a newspaper like Le courrier de Saint-Hyacinthe is important to a region such as ours. As Canadians' representatives, it is our duty to guarantee

Canadian Heritage  Madam Speaker, on September 30, 2016, I asked the Minister of Canadian Heritage when concrete measures to support news media would be put in place. I asked that question two months ago now, and we still do not know what the Liberal government plans to do to provide meaningful su

House debate  Madam Speaker, taking a holistic approach specifically means taking into account the consequences of the measures we adopt, rather than being satisfied with going forward one case at a time. What I said in my presentation is that we could think about the future of the CPP, but i

House debate  Madam Speaker, indeed, the whole issue of women is very important. Throughout women's careers, there is one thing on top of another that all have an impact on their retirement. First of all, underpinning everything, women's wages are lower. In addition, when they choose to have

House debate  Madam Speaker, for many years now, the NDP has been fighting tirelessly for improvements to the Canada pension plan, so I can only be happy that it is finally happening. I would like to say that I will be supporting the main motion at report stage. However, I have to oppose the C

House debate  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. Like her, I believe that the government could be helping seniors who are retired now. Among all seniors, 30% of women who currently live alone live in poverty. That number has tripled over the past 20 years. Could my colleague e

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I rise once again in the House today to table a petition signed by many Canadians who support Bill C-245, so that we can immediately implement a poverty reduction strategy. I have collected so many signatures from people across Canada because Canadians can see just

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, a scathing report was published this past week in Quebec. According to that report, 50% of children aged six and under have experienced various types of violence. One of the reasons for this could be the fact that too many of the families in question have to spend ov

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the government’s claims that the new Canada Child Benefit will lift 60 000 Quebec children out of poverty: (a) what specific methods and projections did the government use to make that claim; (b) how many children in Quebec were living in poverty as of (i) January

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, this week, Food Banks Canada published a report that showed that, in March alone, nearly one million people received food from a food bank and one-third of them were children. This report recommends that the government adopt a poverty reduction strategy before Octob

Health  Mr. Speaker, too many Canadians have died and too many lives are in danger because of opioid addiction. Over the past two decades, more than 10,000 Canadians have died from opioid use and an untold number of people now suffer from addictions. The consensus is clear: we need effe

Health  Mr. Speaker, when dealing with an issue as important as health, we should not be playing with words. When the promised 6% increase turns into a 3% increase, that is a reduction. This government keeps saying that it wants to negotiate in good faith and that it is listening to the