Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, I have a simple question for my colleague. This week, the leader of the Green Party met with Premier Legault. They no doubt spoke about health care, and Mr. Legault surely reiterated the demand that all provincial premiers have made for health transfers to be increa

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, it is a provincial responsibility. We need to stop talking about it. I am not sure how else to say that. If the fathers of Confederation had wanted it to be a federal responsibility, they would have said so in 1867. It would have been settled. Then, the federal gove

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her excellent question. Funding is obviously the key. The needs are there, and we know what they are. On the ground, people are ready. We are fortunate to have experts on the ground who are ready. We need to listen to them. We have experts

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question. I do not know the answer for Saint-Hyacinthe specifically, but I do know that there are disparities across Canada. For example, of the $500 million earmarked for the first stream of the rapid housing initiative, $200 million is going

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I would like to start with a special tribute once again. We have been talking about this for a long time, as we have been in the midst of a pandemic for a year. I want to pay tribute to health care workers, especially people working in hospitals, the nurses, order

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, the aerospace industry has been completely left out of Bill C-14. For ages, the Bloc Québécois has been repeating that this industry is in need of support. The aerospace industry is one of Quebec's biggest exporters. Longueuil—Saint-Hubert is home to two big comp

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague from a nearby riding and thank her for her speech. There is one procedural aspect that has really been bothering me since I was elected a year ago. I am talking about the questions that the government asks itself during question period. I find

Canada—United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Mr. Speaker, I really enjoyed the speech from my hon. colleague from Abitibi—Témiscamingue, who is a great asset to Parliament and to the Bloc Québécois. He made a huge contribution to today's debate. I congratulate him on that. He spoke a lot about how Quebec and the provinces

Canada—United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, we are obviously talking a lot about trade since this is a trade agreement. However, the bottom line is that we would not be here today discussing it if this agreement had not resulted from a debate over national independence, given that England expressed its desir

Canada—United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

Canada—United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, the interpreters are having connection problems again. They are having a hard time hearing my hon. colleague's speech and following what he is saying. The House of Commons interpreters are doing amazing work. Connection problems and the fact that some members wear

Canada—United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I am glad to see that our work is drawing so much attention. I feel as though I am in the George Orwell novel 1984. We know the government is here somewhere, but it is not here in Parliament. I would argue that anything having to do with international relations an

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Mr. Speaker, I found the part of my colleague’s speech on the fight against racism very interesting. It bothered me because two weeks ago, in Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, two Black communities submitted a project under the supporting Black Canadian communities initiative and were told

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I would like to wish you and all my colleagues a happy 2021. I want to talk about two seemingly unrelated events that happened last week that are actually more related than people think. At at time when the government is spending billions of dollars to meet people

Broadcasting Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his comments. There is one rather important aspect that is not addressed in Bill C-10. The current crisis has been particularly hard on artists. Quebec has a fairly large dubbing industry that provides a living for artists, and I spoke wi