Jonquière Community Centre  Mr. Speaker, 2016 will have been yet another fantastic year for Patro de Jonquière, an organization that reaches out to over 15,000 youth every year thanks to the energy and dedication of its entire team. What a great success story. The organization is able to have this huge imp

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, I am getting tired of hearing the same old thing in the House. Tomorrow, the Americans are probably going to file a complaint against the Canadian softwood lumber industry for unfair competition. Without an agreement with the U.S., our exports are going to be heavil

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to speak to Bill C-26 today. However, I find it unfortunate that our speaking time has been cut short. I became involved in politics to represent the constituents of Jonquière. I took on this role to uphold everyone's democratic rights. Whether we a

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We agree on one part of the bill. However, I am wondering why the government did not introduce a comprehensive bill that includes women, mothers who decide to stay at home to raise their children. That is a full-time job. When

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. That was 2015. This is 2016, and the government calls itself feminist. We have had to set the record straight on that a number of times in the House. The new enhanced benefit in Bill C-26 will not help young women. The same a

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. Her remarks are interesting. What I forgot to mention is that more and more young fathers are playing an active role. I want to emphasize this, because it is becoming increasingly common, which is great. Bill C-26 does not en

Canada Pension Plan  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Earlier he mentioned a $24,000 universal benefit that everyone should get. As I was on my way to the House of Commons this morning, commentators were saying on the radio that according to a CIBC study, anyone who earns less than

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, I cannot figure out why the Minister of International Trade is pinning the absence of a softwood lumber agreement on the previous government. Workers do not want to hear about petty politics when their livelihood is at stake. This is an important issue for them. They

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, again yesterday, I asked the government a very simple question that seems to have fallen on deaf ears. The softwood lumber industry is on the brink of another major crisis. The Minister of International Trade is congratulating her government, but more and more peopl

Holidays Act  Madam Speaker, I am honoured to be able to speak today to Bill C-311. This bill has been debated a number of times in the House. On reading the bill we see that it seeks to give November 11 official status as Remembrance Day across Canada. However, it does not make Remembrance D

Cécile Pellerin  Mr. Speaker, on November 30, I moved a motion to highlight the great work that is being done by Cécile Pellerin, who is from my riding of Jonquière. This extraordinary woman is the founder of the Clowns Soleil association, and she has been promoting the benefits of laughter for

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Sherbrooke for his speech. It is always a pleasure and so interesting to hear him speak here in the House. I know that he does a very good job representing his constituents. Many members of my family live in his riding and they are very well

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her speech. She is the NDP veterans affairs critic, and she is very dedicated to her community. I learn something from her every day, and I thank her for it. In her speech, she talked about the higher cost of prescription drugs

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her very constructive speech. She does a good job on the environment file. Every time I listen to her, we learn something from her. She also does a great job of representing her constituents. A moment ago, she said that there

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement  Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my whole family. This may be the last time that I rise to speak before the House adjourns for the holidays. I would like to thank my family for their support and recognize my colleagues for all of the work they do on beh