Canada Disability Benefit Act  Madam Speaker, it is a must, especially when dealing with issues such as this. It was hard not to work with Quebec on child care. They drew on the Quebec model because it is recognized around the world. We have been using the model for 25 years, so yes, an agreement was required

Canada Disability Benefit Act  Madam Speaker, I am equally optimistic. I would be more inclined to see the glass as half full than half empty. That is already a step forward. People with disabilities are in great need of a boost to their abilities. Fortunately, there are programs that support them. In any cas

Canada Disability Benefit Act  Madam Speaker, it is a pleasure for me to rise this evening to discuss Bill C‑22, which will be implemented. We should collectively congratulate ourselves for the work that has been done. Of course, we could look back and talk about the pitfalls that we ran into in coming up wit

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With respect to the Canada Summer Jobs program: (a) for each of the 338 ridings in Canada (i) how much money, how many positions and how many hours of work were allocated for fiscal year 2023-24, (ii) how much money, how many positions and how many hours were requested for fiscal

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, there are workers who are missing out on weeks of work because of the wildfires. For some, returning to work in the short term is not in the cards. They include seasonal workers employed in forestry, tourism, outfitting, parks and many other sectors. The federal gov

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, at the rate the government is going, the trees will grow back before workers get help. Nothing changes. Every time there is a crisis, six out of 10 workers are abandoned by employment insurance. Somehow, the federal government is surprised every time. We would not

Employment Insurance  Mr. Speaker, there are workers who are missing out on weeks of work because of the wildfires. For some, returning to work in the short term is not in the cards. They include seasonal workers employed in forestry, tourism, outfitting, parks and many other sectors. The federal gov

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I would like to talk about the recommendations set out in that report, which was actually produced in 2022. One of the recommendations indicates that the housing accelerator fund should be largely devoted to the acquisition, renovation, and construction of off-mark

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, I thank the parliamentary secretary. We know that she is sincere in her intent to do whatever it takes to meet needs. My colleague cited examples of organizations or groups in her community that are taking action and making a real difference for people experiencin

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, these are fundamental questions. Fortunately, they are questions that come up when we discuss these matters at the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities and here in the House, when someone da

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, and someone who has participated in a lot of studies, I can confirm that we are not at all opposed to the idea of a strategy to suppor

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. However, I do not agree with his analysis. Let me be clear: I believe that investments need to be made, even in the most difficult economic times. Investments must be made in the most critical sectors, including health. The cur

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to point out that I will share my time with my charming colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert. I thank my Conservative colleague for presenting this report to the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status

Committees of the House  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, with whom I sit on the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities, for moving concurrence in this report. At committee, we produced a few reports on housing. One is recent an

Labour  Mr. Speaker, it should do so immediately, then. That is why the Bloc Québécois introduced a bill to prohibit strikebreakers. Quebec prohibited the use of strikebreakers in the 1970s. What is good for all workers in Quebec should be good for federally regulated workers. This gove