First Nations Clean Water Act  Madam Speaker, I am not sure if I can be brief. What an absurd situation. I have been listening to the debate since this morning, and I cannot get over it. First nations account for 5% of Canada's population. We are debating a bill that seeks to give 5% of the population of this

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, whom I like very much. Indeed, French is in jeopardy across Canada. It is rather sad to see how tough this has become. Maybe $4 billion will help, but I would like to throw a question back to my colleague. How is it that the government is going

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague. I did not mention it in my speech, but I too, like many Quebeckers, was truly insulted by the Conservative leader's remarks. Together, Montreal and Quebec City make up roughly half of Quebec's population. The mayor of Montreal and

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by saying that I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague from Mirabel, whose remarks are always intelligent, relevant and even amusing, although I would not want to put any pressure on him for his 10-minute speech. I read Bill C‑59 and l

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Mr. Speaker, many things struck me in my colleague's speech. He said that no government in 50 years had invested so much in housing. I do not know the statistics, but it is possible, even probable. I wonder if he is not a bit embarrassed by the lack of results they have been abl

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023  Madam Speaker, happy new year to you and to all of my colleagues. I hope we will be gracious in our debates in 2024, if such a thing is possible. I thank my colleague for his speech, in which he talked extensively about housing. I think that off-market housing is, in fact, one o

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I simply want to say that the interpreter is indicating for the third time that there is a telephone vibrating next to the microphone and that it is a problem.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will ask my colleague the same question I asked the leader of the official opposition earlier. There were all sorts of food drives over the weekend. I met with organizations in my riding, very dedicated people, food banks, families, people involved in housing as w

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague. She spoke at length about the housing crisis. Last week, I travelled to France with the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association and I met a socialist senator. We talked about housing and she was surprised that Canada gives or lends money t

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I have been listening to the debate since this morning, and, as a Quebecker, I feel completely left out. Yet again, the House is debating the carbon tax, which does not apply in Quebec and has nothing to do with Quebec. Furthermore, I am wondering how the Quebec Co

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I feel like I am in a kind of parallel universe this morning as I listen to the Conservatives talk about the carbon tax yet again. I have no idea what universe the Leader of the Opposition is living in. I toured Quebec in recent months and met with over 400 housi

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for talking about social and affordable housing, but also about the Liberals' national strategy that is not working. There is a very good article by Radio-Canada journalist Laurence Martin about the strategy on surplus federal lands. Land acqu

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, Bill C‑56 touches on housing. It is a priority, actually. I said it earlier, when my colleague made his speech. It will be difficult to build millions of homes. That has never been done in Canada. We have to find ways to rise to the challenge. We talked about an acq

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, who is always interesting, always brilliant, always thorough and always has relevant things to say. As we have heard, the GST rebate will not solve the entire housing crisis. Housing is a complex issue. At the current rate of construction, we k

Affordable Housing and Groceries Act  Mr. Speaker, Conservatives always sound a bit off when they talk about human misery. They talk about food banks being at capacity. They talk about people struggling. A month ago, the mayor of Quebec City, the only place where the Conservatives are able to get their people electe