Air Canada Public Participation Act  Madam Speaker, I must admit that I agree with some of what my colleague said in his speech. I thank him for his comments and for calling out the government on a few things. However, Aveos went bankrupt when his party was in power. There is some confusion there because when the C

Forestry Industry  Mr. Speaker, the report on the next softwood lumber agreement that the government promised to give us in 19 days might well be written on the back of a napkin. Canadian negotiators met with the Americans last week. However, we are being told that we have nothing, that no progres

Canada Post  Mr. Speaker, instead of keeping their promise to restore home mail delivery, the Liberals chose to create a committee to examine this issue. The problem is that we know nothing about the procedure or what this committee will do. We learned that the deadline to make submissions i

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to rise here today. It is always a pleasure to represent my constituents, the people of Jonquière. I am always proud to speak in the House of Commons. Issues that affect my region's economy are especially important to me. We talked about this a lot

Life Means Life Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech even though I do not share the values or the opinion he expressed. I will ask him a question. Considering that the Supreme Court declared several of the Conservative laws he referred to in his speech unconstitutional, why is he in

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, if I told you that a company has not paid its employees in months, you would think that is unacceptable, right? Well, that is what has been happening to federal government employees since the new pay system was implemented. Many employees have not received a paycheq

Temporary Foreign Workers  Mr. Speaker, we are worried about the foreign workers in Fort McMurray, but many other foreign workers in Canada are also dealing with horrible situations. Most recently, we learned of four people from Guatemala who came to work on a farm in Quebec. Because they were afraid that

Air Canada Public Participation Act  Mr. Speaker, we have had a big disappointment today. There have been many over the past few weeks as well. I went into politics to be the voice of all the people in my riding of Jonquière, of Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, and also of all Canadians. Now the government is preventing us

Softwood Lumber  Mr. Speaker, a statement is not enough. We are now midway through the 100 days that the Liberals gave themselves to reach a new softwood lumber agreement, and negotiations are stalled. We are hearing that the United States wants quotas, but Canada has fought for years in the cou

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, it must be nice to be in the House to ask questions and pat oneself on the back. Members on both sides have been saying that they balanced the budget or that they did this or that. In reality—

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Thank you Mr. Speaker. That is what I wanted to point out in my remarks. When members on either side of the House rise to speak, they should always be thinking about workers. I have been listening to the speeches that have been given since this morning and I am thinking about the

Budget Implementation Act, 2016, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for her speech. We have been debating the budget since this morning. There are some good measures, such as the reinstatement of the credits for labour-sponsored funds and the elimination of the tax on feminine hygiene products, whi

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech. I will be brief. In his speech, my colleague mentioned that there was not enough time to make a decision and that we do not have enough time to study the bill. I would like to remind him that when they were in power

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He mentioned that he would have preferred to wait five years, in order to watch and see what happens in Quebec. It is true that in Quebec, we have paved the way on this issue. I am very proud of that, as I myself am part of the

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. This topic goes to the core of our values and our ways of life. The Quebec bar recently confirmed that if the bill were passed as drafted, it would be unconstitutional. What does my colleague thing about that?