Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I am quite privileged that the member for Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Soeurs is not, in fact, on the opposite side of me politically. When we hear about code-talking languages being used as unbroken codes during the war, I would like to finally be able to break

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time. It gives me particular pride to rise on the 66th report from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, and the importance of adopting this report on time for its recommendations to be in place for our imminent move to West Blo

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I sincerely hope today is the last day we have to hear indigenous speeches in the House without the use of translation. The opportunities are in this report. Should the member wish to speak in this way the next time, she will be able to inform the Table and interpre

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, the recommendations in the 66th report of PROC are specifically written in a way to allow and encourage members of the House of Commons who are not indigenous to learn those languages and use them in this place. I wonder if the member has any comments on the importan

Erik Guay  Mr. Speaker, world champion skier Erik Guay announced last week that he is retiring. A true class act, he made his farewell run yesterday at a World Cup downhill ski event in Lake Louise. Throughout his two decades of dedication to the sport, he showed what it takes to become th

Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities  Mr. Speaker, or perhaps I should say House traffic control, thank you for granting me a clearance to speak to Motion No. 177, the challenges facing flight schools, from my colleague both in the House and in the sky, the member for Kelowna—Lake Country. The aviation industry as a

Jewish Refugees  Mr. Speaker, today, the Prime Minister will apologize on behalf of all Canadians for what happened to the passengers of the MS St. Louis in 1939, when 907 refugees, most of them Jewish, knocked at our door after being turned away by Cuba and the United States. Our response was f

VIA Rail  Mr. Speaker, on October 29, 1978, VIA Rail launched its first transcontinental service from Montreal to Vancouver. Forty years on, I am privileged to rise in the House to celebrate this Canadian institution, and not just because I am a devoted train buff. The last time a VIA tra

Electoral Reform  Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, I am proud of the important work we have done on modernizing our election laws. As part of our study of the Chief Electoral Officer's report following the 2015 election, we released a series of re

Liberator Harry Crash  Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, I will be at a ceremony in Saint-Donat to mark the 75th anniversary of the B-24D Liberator Harry crash. On October 20, 1943, 24 Canadian military personnel returning home from the battlefield died on Black Mountain, which lies between my riding and Jolie

Laurentides—Labelle  Mr. Speaker, from Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs to the Petawaga ZEC, by way of Lantier, Huberdeau, and Notre-Dame-du-Laus, I travelled more than 10,000 kilometres this summer to meet with the residents of the 43 municipalities in my riding. I joined hundreds of young people at an aviatio

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I had the privilege of joining my colleague from Joliette and going to the Atikamekw of Manawan First Nation. We could see that there are desperate needs on this territory. Together with Chief Jean-Roch Ottawa and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minis

Laurentides—Labelle  Mr. Speaker, last week, I was pleased to make an announcement that will greatly benefit young people in my region. Through the “Le réemploi sous toutes ses formes, on en fait notre affaire” project developed by Inter Action Travail, an organization based in Sainte-Agathe-des-Mon

Net Neutrality  Madam Speaker, I appreciate the opportunity to pick up where I left off on the important issue of net neutrality. We have all experienced the message of “This content is not available in your country” when content distributors or creators have used various technologies to figure

Elections Modernization Act  Mr. Speaker, any time we have an electronic system that can be compromised, it is very important the election system itself is kept to a paper system and that outside interference is blocked in every possible way. Given the nature of the Internet, and net neutrality is a whole