Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I believe the question has to do with which students will get the benefit. The point is not whether this is important or not. International students have always been important to us. We agree with the motion and the criteria that have been set.

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her question. Yes, it is possible for high school students to find a job in Quebec. There are jobs available for young people. What is at stake this year is jobs as counsellors at day camps and all the great jobs in that sector. There is still

Canada Emergency Student Benefit Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for La Prairie. I want to once again salute the people in my riding. Earlier my colleague spoke about the resilience of our constituents. I want to acknowledge their courage and shows of solidarity during these difficult tim

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, with the coronavirus, we need to make sure that workers who feel sick stay home. Eliminating the waiting period for EI is a step in the right direction, but the government needs to do much more, considering how long it takes to process applications. Is the governme

Opposition Motion—Pharmacare  Madam Speaker, we have a lot of audacity and courage. The member is right to say that the cost of drugs is unacceptable. Quebeckers think so too. That is why we set up a universal plan so that no one falls through the cracks. There was a need. The program is now a done deal and

Opposition Motion—Pharmacare  Mr. Speaker, I would point out to the government and all members that Quebec did not wait for an agreement to be negotiated with the provinces before bringing in its own program, because we believe it is important that everyone have pharmacare coverage. I would like to focus sp

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I heard the member say several things, among them the word “force”. He believes that the opposition would force the government to bring in time allocation. How does he define doing politics differently? The motion before him changes how things are done. Collaborat

Employment Insurance  Madam Speaker, all workers contribute to employment insurance, so they should all be able to access it, and the program should meet their needs. Employment insurance leaves seasonal workers out in the cold every year by subjecting them to weeks of misery during which they receive

Employment Insurance  Madam Speaker, the work is seasonal, but the workers' needs are not. EI needs to become a true insurance plan for the families in Quebec's regions that depend on seasonal industries. It is also important that the eligibility criteria reflect the reality in those regions. Workers

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the member's remarks. I have some important questions for him. I felt like his remarks were unrelated to the bill before us. In my former life, I was a nurse. As I listened to the member, I got the sense that his stories were designed to app

The Economy  Mr. Speaker, thousands of VIA Rail and CN workers have already received layoff notices because of the rail blockade. Throughout Quebec, companies of all sizes, including Resolute Forest Products, are telling us that they too will have to lay off employees. The government must ta

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, my question is for the Liberal member. Since the work began, I have been hearing that we need to be patient. To that, I would say that I think that Canadians have been patient enough. It is two weeks today since this national crisis began. This is a major crisis.

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. The EI fund is an independent fund paid for by employee and employer contributions. It is a guarantee, an insurance policy for people who lose their job or fall gravely ill. Special benefits have been added. No government sho

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity to act. As a newly elected MP, I think we should seize opportunities when we have them. To answer my colleague's question, I acknowledge that some mistakes in the EI program were corrected in the last Parliament. However, there are still more

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with our whip, my colleague from Salaberry—Suroît. We know that employment insurance needs to be overhauled. This government did not get the job done in the last Parliament. The Bloc Québécois has always advocated for improvements to the em