Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, we know that people working in the tourism sector have been extremely hard hit by the pandemic and economic crisis. That is why we heard their call for more help. That is exactly why we have announced in the budget that we will be providing $1 billion more in support

Regional Economic Development  Mr. Speaker, of course, we believe in hard-working Canadians and want to support them as they want to create jobs. We stand side by side with them. We are investing across the country, in all regions of the country. That is why we are putting into place a $500 million community r

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her excellent question and especially for her great work on official languages, especially at the Standing Committee on Official Languages. What we did recently in the budget is strengthen our vision for the official languages. We presented

Official Languages  Madam Speaker, yesterday, his colleague asked me what investments were in the budget for the official languages. He obviously had not read the budget, and I am wondering whether my colleague has read it either. Funding is provided in the budget for the French language and also f

Tourism Industry  Madam Speaker, obviously we know that tourism operators and travel agencies have gone through difficult times. That being said, we have been there for them since the beginning and there is also good news for them in the budget. I hope my colleague will share the good news about t

Tourism Industry  Madam Speaker, I want to reassure my colleague, because obviously we have a plan to support the tourism sector. We have been there since the beginning of the pandemic for them. We are here for them now. We will continue to make sure that we are there for them in the future. That

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Regional Economic Development  Madam Speaker, given the circumstances, I would like to answer both questions.

Regional Economic Development  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for her question. Many of us in the House of Commons have participated in the Ma cabane à la maison initiative. I myself participated in Ahuntsic-Cartierville, and our Quebec lieutenant took part, as well. It is a great initiative. I

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, it is always a pleasure to answer my colleague, for whom I have such great respect. I wonder if he has read the budget, which allocates $120 million to supporting post-secondary education in French in Canada. I would be happy to work with him to explain exactly how

COVID-19 Emergency Response  Mr. Speaker, I would like to send my thoughts to the people in the tourism sector who have been going through a very difficult year. We know that. This is exactly why we have been there for them since the beginning of the pandemic, and my colleague knows that. It is the case in B

Post-Secondary Education  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. It goes without saying that we are extremely concerned about what is happening at Laurentian University. We are concerned and we are obviously thinking of the professors who have lost their jobs and the students who have been n

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Mr. Speaker, there are several things. We recently provided funds to Ontario to support recruitment and retention of French teachers. In the media, we see that teachers are being laid off. Obviously, that makes no sense. The federal government has been providing funds to Ontari

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. Laurentian University is an important institution. That said, the university primarily discussed its management of public funds with the province and not the federal government.

Laurentian University in Sudbury  Mr. Speaker, I commend my colleague for her leadership on the question of Campus Saint-Jean. We have, indeed, had a lot of conversations together regarding the survival of Campus Saint-Jean. As a federal government, we do many things to ensure that francophones in Alberta are no