Emergency Preparedness  Madam Speaker, forest fires have triggered a state of emergency in Sept‑Îles, where 10,000 people are currently being evacuated. Another thousand people are being evacuated in Chapais. The Bloc Québécois obviously offers its full support and solidarity to these people and these c

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, we are debating a really important issue, where every detail counts. I am not really on the same page as my colleague. Earlier this week, I went and congratulated the member for Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles for introducing this bill, which I think is important

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and for introducing this bill, which I think is extremely important. I would like to focus on one part of his bill. He wants to add a criminal offence for breach of conditions of conditional release for an offence listed in Sch

La Journée de la Gaspésie  Mr. Speaker, every year on the first Thursday in June, we celebrate Gaspé day. What a pleasure to celebrate the people of the Gaspé and our magnificent region. To show our affection and attachment to our home region, the Stratégie Vivre en Gaspésie invites us to wear blue, enjoy

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, one of the things I like about the pilot projects created by Health Canada is the range of services provided to users. I am mainly referring to medical care and mental health counselling. The federal government certainly has a part to play in the fight against the op

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I read the Conservative motion and I noticed that it uses a rather harsh word. It refers to deadly programs. Personally, I do not get the impression that the government is trying to kill people. I would like my colleague to com

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I would like my colleague to talk to us about the red flag provision that the government proposed in Bill C‑21. I think she has heard me talk about it often. In the beginning, it looked like a good measure that would help women who are victims of domestic violence,

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, my colleague talks a lot about doing more to address crime. I agree with him. The only measure in Bill C‑21 that the government proposed for countering firearms trafficking is to change the maximum sentences from 10 years to 14 years for anyone found guilty of fir

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, after listening to my colleague, one would think that Bill C-21 is the worst bill that ever existed. I do not know whether he is aware that his fellow party members voted in favour of most of the amendments that were moved to improve this bill. Take, for example,

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I am sorry, but I think my Conservative Party colleagues are taking intellectual shortcuts. They say that Bill C‑21 is the biggest ban on hunting rifles in Canadian history. They know full well that that is not true. They say that once Bill C‑21, which does not affe

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary mentioned the tragic massacre at École Polytechnique, which is in her riding. She mentioned the work of PolyRemembers and that of Nathalie Provost, who was shot that day. I do not know whether the parliamentary secretary is aware that, w

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, at the end of his speech, my colleague admitted that we need to work harder for gun control, particularly to crack down on illegal firearms trafficking. I completely agree with him. The legislative summary we received from the Department of Public Safety and Emergen

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, my colleague ended his speech by stating that he will be voting against Bill C-21, because it is useless. However, I did appreciate my colleague's efforts to adopt an amendment that he proposed at the last minute. When he sat down beside me to discuss this amendment

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and his work in committee. As chair, he did a very good job during the clause-by-clause study in committee. It is interesting to hear his opinion this evening. Usually, committee chairs have a duty to stay neutral. That being said

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I often hear the government touting Bill C-21 as a bill that bans assault-style firearms. That is how it presented the bill to groups like PolyRemembers, by saying that this bill would finally ban assault-style firearms. Unfortunately, that is not the case. What w