The Environment  Madam Speaker, a big public demonstration is planned for November 18 to support agriculture in my region. The UPA is calling on ordinary citizens, farmers, food processors and municipal and union stakeholders to march together in support of our local farmers. The event is being

The Environment  Madam Speaker, in the NAFTA 2.0 file, the Liberals failed dairy farmers. They failed chicken farmers. They failed egg farmers. They failed turkey farmers. They failed our SMEs. They failed to defend our food sovereignty and territorial autonomy. They failed our local farmers. The

Rail Transportation  Mr. Speaker, every day, cars travelling on the Trans-Canada Highway have to stop to let CN freight trains go by. Every year, Transport Canada keeps a sad list of railway crossings across the country with the highest risk of accidents, and unfortunately my riding is on that list.

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, once again, the Liberal government has abandoned our constituents. Once again, the Liberal government has broken its promises. Once again, it is all words and no action. EI eligibility is still under 40%. It is high time that the Liberal government understood that i

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my concern about seasonal workers. Every year, their own government puts them in a precarious position. Once again this winter, benefits will dry up for over 16,000 people, 40% of them in Quebec, leaving them without an income for up to four

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are breaking their promises. The Prime Minister and the Minister of Families promised to improve EI sickness benefits, but they are not doing anything. Was it all just lip service? I have to wonder. The Liberals are tabling the budget implementation ac

Poverty  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals cannot prove that the Canada child benefit lifts children out of poverty. Come on. There has been no change in the data in 10 years. There are still 1.2 million children living in poverty, and 38% of them are indigenous children. Campaign 2000, which r

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, I understand that the Champlain Bridge cannot be paved in the winter, but taxpayers have been waiting for years and they will have to wait even longer. The minister said that these were excusable delays, but this just shows us that P3s are not actually more effectiv

Employment Insurance  Madam Speaker, I have no problem with working with the provinces. We are always the first to say, “Let's work together”. I would like to remind the House of what I said earlier. It is not the workers who are seasonal; it is the work. However, it is the workers who are penalized.

Employment Insurance  Madam Speaker, the “black hole”, or spring gap, problem still has not been fixed. Like a broken record, the Liberals keep assuring me that a pilot project is under way. However, this pilot project only involves 13 of the 62 regions. Such a measure is unacceptable. Case in point,

Women's Shelters  Mr. Speaker, a recent study showed that more than one-third of women who use shelters have suffered a brain injury as a result of domestic violence. Unfortunately, no one ever talks about that. All too often, victims of domestic violence are women with disabilities. No one ever

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary just explained what EI provides, but the problem is what it does not provide. Fifteen weeks is not enough. If my colleague wants to talk about employment insurance in general, I can tell her about the six in 10 workers who do not have acce

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, on May 24, 2018, I asked the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development in the House when he and his Prime Minister would keep their word and increase the 15 weeks of EI sickness benefits. The Liberals once again demonstrated their lack of interest in our

Health  Mr. Speaker, in March, the Minister of Health promised Alain Gervais that the government would do something about sweetened alcoholic beverages, which of course caused the death of Athena Gervais. The answer provided by the minister on Monday is quite different. She is still hold

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, a report commissioned by the Liberals calls for a complete overhaul of the EI system. What a surprise. The Liberals and Conservatives ransacked the EI program, leaving holes in the social safety net for people who are unemployed or sick. Now that their own report h