The Environment  Mr. Speaker, I rise today to debate my colleague from Courtenay—Alberni's Motion No. 151, which proposes a national strategy to combat plastic pollution and was moved in response to the federal government's inaction when, in November 2016, a ship lost 35 containers in the Pacific

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech. I would like to talk about my region of Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean. This week, we had a visit from a representative of the Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain, or FRAPRU, who came to tell us about our city's h

Automotive Industry  Mr. Speaker, the closure of the GM plant in Oshawa is terrible news for thousands of families. Workers are angry. How can a government hand over billions of our dollars to a company without first obtaining a guarantee that jobs here will be protected? Will the Prime Minister f

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, this massive 850-page bill contains seven different pieces of legislation, and yet the Standing Committee on Finance held only three meetings to study it. What is more, the 36 amendments proposed by the NDP in committee were all rejected. The Liberals did not even t

Automotive Sector  Mr. Speaker, the closure of the GM plant in Oshawa is devastating news for workers. For every direct job at this plant, there are around seven indirect jobs essential to the local economy. More than 5,000 Canadian families could be affected by these layoffs. The NDP was right in

Canada Post  Mr. Speaker, in 2011, when the Conservatives forced Canada Post employees back to work, the Liberals were outraged. Now they are the ones imposing special legislation. We know that postal workers are dealing with pay inequity, injuries and unpaid overtime. How can the Liberals,

Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act  Madam Speaker, it is with indignation that I rise to speak to Bill C-89 for the resumption and continuation of postal services. The Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour claims that the government exhausted all options, but let us not forget that the governmen

Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. The government keeps repeating that it is imposing special back-to-work legislation because postal workers are holding a rotating strike. In Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean, there has been just one day of strikes since the start of the j

Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent speech. I was not at Canada Post in 1981, but I worked there for 15 years. I remember some of the workers telling me about why they took to the streets. As a mother, I was able to take maternity leave. Now, there are rural mail

Canada Post Corporation  Mr. Speaker, the Liberals claim to stand up for the middle class, but with this special legislation, they are preventing middle-class workers from negotiating with their employer. They are acting just like the Conservatives. When the Conservatives pulled the same stunt on posta

Canada Post  Mr. Speaker, by passing special legislation to force postal workers back to work, the Liberals are proving that they are just like the Conservatives. A government that claims to stand up for the middle class should also stand up for middle-class working conditions. Canada Post i

Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for pointing out that very important fact. It was the same for my riding. The entire Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean region has experienced just one day of rotating strikes. In the past month, all the mail has been delivered and everything has gone smoot

Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and his question. It is true that the committee did good work when we examined the future of Canada Post. There were a number of steps involved in that process. Unfortunately, the report was not taken into consideration, and the go

Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act  Mr. Speaker, that is an odd thing to hear from my colleague, who was here in 2011 challenging the special legislation and work rules imposed by the Conservatives. We see that the Liberals say one thing and do another once they are in power. As far as bargaining rights and power

Postal Services Resumption and Continuation Act  Mr. Speaker, I must say that today is a sad day for me, and it is not an honour to take part in the debate on Motion No. 25 moved by the government. It is also a sad day for postal workers, who are still delivering the mail, whether it be the cheques people rely on or parcels se