The Budget  Madam Speaker, my colleague was saying that concrete action needs to be taken. Right now, in Quebec, housing is an area in which concrete action really needs to be taken. I am pleased that my colleague is from Quebec. Every day, we see articles in the paper about the housing cri

Governor General's Act  Madam Speaker, there seems to be a problem with the interpretation. We cannot hear what my hon. colleague is saying at the moment.

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, the pandemic has given rise to an initiative to help homeless people, including in my riding. This initiative has a high degree of acceptability, since it accepts everyone, without discrimination. Unfortunately, those responsible for the initiative have been really

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, you would really have to live on Mars not to notice that there is currently a housing crisis in Quebec and Canada. The government is relaunching the rapid housing initiative, which is not a bad program. Last fall, they announced $1 billion in funding. Unfortunately,

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Madam Speaker, I have kind of a tough question for so late an hour. I imagine those of us who are still here are here because French really matters to us. There is one aspect we have not talked about tonight, which is promoting francophone universities and francophone knowledge

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Madam Speaker, I have a somewhat convoluted question. Earlier, the member for Langley—Aldergrove in British Columbia talked about his commitment to the principle of Canada's two founding peoples to explain why he feels the French fact is important. That is not how I see history,

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Madam Speaker, I am a bit sad. In this debate, there is talk of small measures. The government will invest a bit more money in immersion here, give a bit of money for post-secondary studies there, and so forth. This is the second time in a year that we are having a debate on Fre

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague. There is the Official Languages Act, but this evening we are talking about whether the two languages are on equal footing. In fact, there is one language that is doing very well and another that is not doing well at all. I have

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Mr. Speaker, I will try to be brief even though the issue of French is so important that we could talk about it at length. Fifty years ago, Canada brought in the Official Languages Act. They said they would permanently protect French and English until the end of time. Fifty year

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Mr. Speaker, we are not going to fix the whole issue with French in 30 seconds. I find it pretty pathetic to hear the Liberals and Conservatives passing the buck over the French language. There is just one language at risk in Canada, and that is French. Three per cent of North

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, a new resource has emerged out of the pandemic. La Halte du coin is a high-intake shelter that welcomes the homeless no questions asked, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. People who use the shelter receive help with their substance abuse.

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the correlation between poverty and crime is well established. Quebec is in the midst of a serious housing crisis. Does my colleague agree that better targeted policies to address homelessness would be a good approach to combatting the type of crime this bill addres

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, any debate around criminalization and decriminalization must include a conversation about homelessness. Quebec, like many other places, is currently grappling with a serious housing crisis. The homeless population in Montreal is estimated to have doubled during the

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, my colleague touched on the issue of housing. Quebec is currently in the grips of a vicious, chronic housing crisis. Rent in Montreal is very high. It is hard to find housing for less than $1,000 a month. For families with more than two or three children, there is

Business of Supply  Of course, Madam Speaker. As I was saying, an official sent a minister a note saying that WE Charity had no offices in Quebec and that its staff did not speak French, so it might not be a great idea to choose that organization, especially seeing as community organizations were r