National Defence  Mr. Speaker, I have the honour of being a member of the House since 2007. I arrived here at a time when soldiers were talking about the decade of darkness under the previous Liberal government. As my colleague said earlier, this government sent troops to the heat of the Afghanis

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, my colleague from Jonquière and I joined thousands of people at a march in Dolbeau-Mistassini, which is in my region, to remind the Government of Canada how important the forestry industry is across the country, including in our region. When he got back f

National Defence  Mr. Speaker, we have a better chance of getting an answer from you. The minister of defence unduly took credit for the success of an important mission in Afghanistan. He broke the cardinal rule of showing respect for his fellow soldiers. It is a serious disservice to his rank, h

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, the minister can talk with the provinces, but it is the government's job to discuss it with the U.S.A. and fix it. The Liberals transferred that to the provinces. It was their responsibility to fix it, but they have not. That is the problem. It is just a question o

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals have been spewing the same rhetoric from the beginning: “a good deal, not just any deal”. However, there are no deals on the table. They cannot refuse a deal that does not exist. It is just more talk. All they want to do is silence the opposition, as the

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, by the time we return to the House in two weeks, countervailing duties will most likely have been slapped on our Canadian forestry industry because of this government's failure to take action and get its ducks in a row as soon as it was elected so it could fix this p

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister admitted to flying in a private helicopter during a dream vacation. That is against the rules. He then said it was the only way to get to the island. Now we have learned that one of his employees had 400 pounds of cargo, and the cargo went to the

Ethics  Mr. Speaker, this morning, the Prime Minister mentioned Malala's humility, and I completely agree with him. He should also have shown some humility and recognized that it was Prime Minister Harper who recognized Malala as a Canadian citizen. He should have done so. Mr. Harper wo

Justice  Mr. Speaker, we agree that the law is the law. The Prime Minister should make sure that when it comes time to enforce the law, criminals stay in jail and have their day in court without delay. The Government of Quebec is asking the feds to speed things up. This situation is caus

Justice  Mr. Speaker, the minister does not seem to be taking this problem seriously. Yesterday, she said that there is no one simple solution and that appointing six judges in Quebec is not going to solve the delay problems. Those were her words. I would like to know what her solution i

Justice  Mr. Speaker, a man accused of murder was released last week because of the Jordan ruling. The Liberal government's much-touted new process is not working. I was part of a cabinet that made decisions based on the recommendations of a bench committee. Lawyers passed exams and quali

Forestry Industry  Those are just words, Mr. Speaker. It was exactly like that before. The Liberals are just trying to bring the population somewhere else. We recently learned from the government's chief negotiator for softwood lumber that negotiations have waned since January. Former Prime Minis

Foreign Affairs  Mr. Speaker, the provinces will be forced to appoint provincial representatives. This shows how little they trust the federal government. On another issue, last week the Minister of Foreign Affairs stated publicly that the chemical attacks in Syria raised serious concerns about

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, like many of my colleagues, I was here on June 29, 2016, when former U.S. President Barack Obama was here, and we were promised that this would be resolved within weeks. Now we hear what the Prime Minister is saying in the House today. Why is no one capable of explai

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, in just three weeks, our softwood lumber may be slapped with countervailing duties. I want the Prime Minister to give forestry industry workers some answers. Yesterday, we heard that the Americans were refusing to talk about it, probably because nobody ever really