Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, on behalf of the Bloc Québécois, I first want to reiterate all my best wishes in solidarity with every community that has been affected in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada because of the current crisis. I understand that this is an important topic. It is actually urg

Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I was reading in Le Devoir earlier that a “jewel of the Innu nation”, an outfitting camp owned by the Innu government of Uashat-Maliotenam near Sept-Îles on the north shore, was destroyed by fire. I also read that 80% of indi

Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, earlier this evening, I had the opportunity to personally thank the Minister of Emergency Preparedness, who has been providing the opposition parties with daily updates on the situation in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. We are very grateful for that. When Minister

Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, since I do not have much time, I will make a comment instead. I really want to commend my colleague and thank him for his personal commitment in the situation in Nova Scotia. I want to commend him and his constituents for their courage and resilience. I think we ca

Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with the member for Abitibi—Témiscamingue. I would like to once again thank my colleague, who is far too humble, in my opinion. Naturally, we are grateful to local authorities, the provinces and everyone wh

Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. I was watching the news on the weekend and the woman who does the weather. She spoke about the air quality in certain regions. I thought to myself that it was not normal to be speaking about that. Is that the new no

Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, that is exactly what I was saying earlier. The people of the north shore are practically stranded by the fire. They have the forest on one side and the sea on the other. The Touzel bridge has been closed for other reasons since last week, and the Rio Tinto rail lin

Wildfires in Canada  Madam Speaker, it is always daunting to answer a question on the environment and climate change from my colleague, who knows so much about the subject. I was talking about climate change adaptation and mitigation earlier. Unfortunately, some changes are already at a critical poi

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, we would not believe it if it were not coming from a government beholden to the oil companies. When BP Oil complains about not being able to drill for oil in a marine refuge, the government's response should be that they look elsewhere. However, the Minister of Natu

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, blaming the opposition is not going to cut it anymore. Competing over who is the least bad is not going to cut it anymore. The Conservatives are not the ones authorizing oil exploration in Newfoundland; the government is. The Conservatives are not the ones talking a

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and for his kind words about the Bloc Québécois's initiative today. The purpose of this motion was precisely to unite people and to say that, together, we need to do more in the fight against climate change. I am pleased to see

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, you will notice that my voice is a bit hoarse today. I will do my best. I hope that the interpreters can hear me clearly. I mention this because it is directly related to today's topic, unfortunately. This little throat irritation started on Tuesday morning when h

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I did not get to the very end of our motion today, but the idea is that there would be some kind of financial transfer. The money for the subsidies that the government gives to the fossil fuel industry should instead be trans

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, that is the problem right there. When the government promises to stop helping polluting industries that are already making billions in profits each year, it always finds a way to get around this promise and still help these industries, saying that it is to help the

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, the answer is simple: The government must completely stop investing in fossil fuels. That is what I want to see happen once this motion is adopted. I want the government's actions to match its words. It is talking about drilling for oil in marine refuges, marine ar