Salaries Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert for the question. He is quite right. I must say I have no idea what to expect from this government. The Liberals wait until the House is wrapping up its work to table the business tax reform that comes into force on J

Salaries Act  Mr. Speaker, I have no problem admitting when I am wrong and apologizing. However, in this case I will not apologize, because I have always had respect for Torontonians. Instead, I would ask the government to show some respect for Canada's regions.

Salaries Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my esteemed colleague. As I mentioned earlier, he is an exceptional person. I thank him for the question. There are 40 members across the way who have forgotten about Quebec and do not get up in the morning to defend Quebec. We do not even have

Salaries Act  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Kitchener—Conestoga for his excellent speech. I recognize his qualities as a person. He is a very caring individual who has a lot of respect for people. I think it is important to point out the kindness that he shows people eve

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, why is the Liberal government not answering our questions? What kind of game is it playing? The Minister of Finance is once again tormenting small businesses by refusing to tell them what is about to hit them 23 days from now. He himself might not have a plan, and i

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, the new Champlain Bridge is at risk, and many of the parts being used are defective. Can the Minister of Infrastructure ensure that starting now, this construction site will be subject to extremely rigorous oversight by his department? The department must protect wo

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, we all agree that the government needs to show some leadership when it comes to heritage conservation. That being said, where we do not agree is how the financial resources are being managed. One of my Conservative colleagues presented a solution in committee that d

Regional Weekly Publications  Mr. Speaker, this government needs to respect Canadians living in the regions whose community life and day-to-day reality are different from that of people who live in large urban centres. In light of the rapid advances in information technology and in the deployment of high-spe

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, it has been quite a while since I studied philosophy, but my colleague from Hull—Aylmer was probably quite involved in that field. I am not naive when it comes to marijuana. I am not saying that there is not a problem. I wish to remind my colleague from Hull—Aylmer

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Saskatoon—Grasswood. Indeed, that is strange, and I am not sure the government backbenchers are aware of what is going on in the front benches on the government side. It is important to understand that, yes, there is the national ho

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, as someone who is called Joël, I am pleased to rise today. I hope I will not be a lawless rogue. I rise today to talk about a cartoon I saw yesterday evening that depicted Justin Trudeau receiving his report card from the Auditor General.

Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2  I am sorry, Mr. Speaker, that was my mistake. The Prime Minister of Canada was being given his report card by the Auditor General of Canada, Michael Ferguson. The context is as follows. The Auditor General shows him a note with the following written on it: incompetence, lies, an

Cannabis Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his presentation. How can he say that the use of marijuana is a problem that affects our young people because they can access it in 15 minutes, and then turn around and say that the distribution points will increase, so young

Cannabis Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent, who gave an excellent speech. I agree with him completely. Now I would like to hear what he thinks of this rush to implement Bill C-45, which is supposed to protect our young people and eliminate organiz

Petitions  Madam Speaker, a pastor in my riding asked me to table a paper petition signed by many Canadians who are calling on the government to protect all religious leaders and the freedom to worship without interference. I think that is the government's intention, but just to be sure, I