Public Services and Procurement  Madam Speaker, Davie has received less than 3% of the contracts to date. Ottawa withdrew the John G. Diefenbaker contract from Seaspan because it was unable to complete it. In exchange, the government awarded Seaspan a contract for 16 small vessels. Davie can fulfill this contra

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, this government is working against Quebec in shipbuilding. It is cutting the Davie shipyard out of a $2-billion contract and giving it to Seaspan in Vancouver. However, Seaspan previously had this contract for six years and did nothing in those six years. In fact, t

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, 3% is the share of contracts that Quebec has obtained under Liberal leadership. Quebec is the second-highest tax-paying province. It has the largest shipyard in Canada, yet we are not able to get more than 3% of the contracts. We are being robbed of a contract by a s

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He talked about seniors, families and workers, among other things. My question is on students, who are suffering during the pandemic from a mental health and financial perspective. The bill would suspend interest on Canadian s

2016 Attack in Ouagadougou  Mr. Speaker, five years ago, on January 15, 2016, there was an attack on Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. That traditionally peaceful country was plunged into abject violence entrenched in politics and religion. This attack reverberated all the way to Quebec, because six

Health  Mr. Speaker, Quebec mobilized its health care resources to organize a massive vaccination campaign, the largest in history. However, not one dose was delivered this week. Not one. Quebec did everything in its power to vaccinate people, but Ottawa once again failed in its responsi

Health  Mr. Speaker, the federal government is unable to confirm today that it will receive doses of the Pfizer vaccine next week. A government with foresight seeks solutions to help its people, does it not? We know that there are delays in procuring the Pfizer vaccine as a result of wo

Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, the sound quality is very poor. Could my colleague bring the microphone closer to his mouth so that the interpreters can hear?

Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement Implementation Act  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Humber River—Black Creek for her speech. My colleague just mentioned that often because of their size, SMEs have not been able to take advantage of certain agreements and have not had access to information, tools and so forth. Wh

Health  Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister and U.S. President Joe Biden talked about vaccination last Friday. The Prime Minister's Office released the following information: “They discussed collaboration on vaccines and acknowledged that the two countries’ efforts are strengthened by...the

Health  Mr. Speaker, just like us, the government needs to be looking for solutions. The Major-General in charge of vaccine supply recently announced that Pfizer deliveries will be delayed once again. Our expectations for next week were pretty low to begin with, and now we are being to

Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  Mr. Speaker, one of the reasons I ran for office was so that I could work to improve our relationship with the environment and help leave a sustainable planet for future generations. Bill C-204 on the disposal of plastic waste is a step in the right direction. I will give an ove

Income Tax Act  Mr. Speaker, I can no longer hear any interpretation.

Standing Orders and Procedure  Mr. Speaker, I think many of us agree that it would be useful to be able to vote electronically, particularly because it would be faster and would cost taxpayers less. Electronic voting would allow us to vote faster in situations where we have to rise, something that takes at lea

Health  Mr. Speaker, it is good news in the long term that a Novavax vaccine will be manufactured in Montreal, but that is no help to us now, because we will not see a single dose of that vaccine this year. This will be helpful in the event of a future pandemic, but it will not help th