Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to federal spending in the riding of Rivière-des-Mille-îles, for each fiscal year since 2010-11, inclusively: what are the details of all grants and contributions and all loans to every organization, group, business or municipality, broken down by the (i) name of the

Fisheries and Oceans  Madam Speaker, an American company, AquaBounty, has begun producing genetically modified salmon in Prince Edward Island in order to eventually produce it on an industrial scale. No one wants giant salmon, or “frankenfish”, and no one wants these industrial products on their dinn

Employment  Madam Speaker, every year, Quebec businesses worry that the temporary foreign workers they need will not arrive on time. These business owners pay Service Canada thousands of dollars to ensure that their file is processed quickly, but people on the other end are asleep at the swi

Canada Revenue Agency  Madam Speaker, the Minister of National Revenue is failing in her duty. The net was supposed to tighten around the Panama papers fraudsters, but that has not happened. The minister was supposed to hire 1,300 new international taxation auditors, but that has not happened either. S

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, in the budget, the government just announced that it will be procuring three new ferries. That is a good thing. The timing is great, because Quebec's Davie shipyard has had to lay off 1,200 workers due to a lack of federal contracts. These 1,200 workers lost their jo

Transportation  Mr. Speaker, my guess is that 15% is a knock-on effect of marijuana legalization. We now know that the Apollo ferry is a rickety and dangerous old boat that should have been pulled from service long ago. This information should have been available before now, because Transport C

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, the government does not respect francophones, as evidenced by how our armed forces treat them. Specialized career development courses, particularly in intelligence and special forces, are available in English only. If francophone service members want to be promoted

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I will remind the minister that it was her government that closed Royal Military College Saint-Jean. This government does not respect francophones, as evidenced by how the RCMP treats them. In the past five years, the RCMP has not promoted a single unilingual fran

SNC-Lavalin Employees  Mr. Speaker, the SNC-Lavalin crisis is in its third week. All parties are doing their best to make the crisis last as long as possible, not resolve it. Not once has anyone talked about protecting jobs. Despite its “workers' party” persona, the NDP has not said a word. It is read

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, we are debating a proposal that would benefit all Quebeckers. We have repeated ad nauseam that Quebec's National Assembly reached a unanimous consensus. There are 78 Quebec MPs from all parties, who represent voters of every stripe and from every walk of life. In the

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to federal spending in the riding of Terrebonne, for each fiscal year since 2010–2011, inclusively: what are the details of all grants and contributions and all loans to every organization, group, business or municipality, broken down by the (i) name of the recipient,

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness announced the construction of new facilities in Lacolle to alleviate the current pressure on Quebec's resources. We understand that Ottawa is expecting the arrival of large numbers of irregular refugee claiman

Public Services and Procurement  Madam Speaker, in January, the government started negotiations with Davie on a contract for four icebreakers. This was the absolute minimum to make up for the job losses caused by this Liberal government, as I have said. Three months later, the only thing that has happened is th

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, the negotiations between the Davie shipyard and the federal government regarding the conversion of ships have been dragging on because Ottawa cannot make up its mind. The federal government is making Davie beg on its hands and knees for a contract to convert three u

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, that does not sound like a plan to me. The Liberals' plan, if one can call it that, seems to be this: to award $100 million in shipbuilding contracts but not give a cent to Quebec; to say they need four icebreakers converted and then remove the most profitable and p