Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999  Madam Speaker, Bill C‑380 raises some worrisome doubts about the Conservative Party's position on a policy objective that is in the common interest and that is accepted by all departments of the environment in every province and territory, including Quebec. This bill once again

World Water Day  Mr. Speaker, World Water Day has been held every March 22 since 1992. Canada's geographical area contains 20% of the world's freshwater reserves, while 2.2 billion people live without clean drinking water. We have a collective responsibility to show solidarity in confronting thi

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act  Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke about his family at length. From what I understand, this worked for how they saw things in his family. However, I have looked at the statistics, and in Saskatchewan, more than 27% of families are single-parent families. We know that single-parent

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, we are saying no to the Chalk River nuclear waste dump. The federal government cannot condone burying nuclear waste on the banks of the Ottawa River, a source of drinking water for millions of Quebeckers. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission did not listen to Qu

Natural Resources  Madam Speaker, I want to talk about the commission and its approval of the Chalk River project. In its consultations, it forgot to mention that 4.5 million Quebeckers are opposed to this project, as are indigenous communities. It also forgot to mention that one of the commissione

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, they would have us believe that the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is independent. That is funny, since it is the Governor in Council that appoints the president. That is just an example. Burying nuclear waste one kilometre from the Ottawa River is an unnecessar

Natural Resources  Mr. Speaker, the proposed nuclear waste disposal site at Chalk River is an environmental travesty and a social injustice. The Anishinabe communities that are affected by this project are opposed to it, and I am proud that the Bloc Québécois was able to help Chief Lance Haymond e

Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act  Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech and I think we can see the Conservative Party of Canada ideology behind it. Now, she talked about the work done in committee. As part of that work, the Bloc Québécois proposed amendments, including one that would have gi

Pandemic Day Act  Madam Speaker, as I was saying earlier, I thank my colleague from Vancouver Centre for introducing Bill S‑209, which designates March 11 as pandemic observance day. It has not been amended, and therefore the Bloc Québécois's position remains unchanged: We support the bill. The B

Pandemic Day Act  Madam Speaker, I thank and commend my colleague for introducing this bill and initiating this discussion. In her speech, she mentioned the probable causes of a pandemic. She said that there were going to be other pandemics because people travel a lot between countries and they co

Pandemic Day Act  Madam Speaker, I will start over. In her speech, my colleague mentioned the possibility of other pandemics linked to the spread of viruses resulting from frequent travel to different countries. However, science tells us that many links could be made to the loss of biodiversity,

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I must admit that we are wondering about that. Are we doing all of this for nothing? Will there not even be a bill in the end? Here is why we are wondering about that. The much-talked-about agreement between the NDP and the Liberals states that the government is c

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, the fact that the official opposition's position is unknown could slow the work down, but I clearly read that the Leader of the Opposition said they were pro-worker. It is not that much of a stretch. Someone who is pro-worker should be in favour of this bill. What

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. My colleague is also my MP in Montreal. In 2005, we were just 12 votes short. It was not Bloc Québécois votes that were missing, we can be sure of that. Obviously the Bloc Québécois is going to make every effort to ensure thi

Canada Labour Code  Madam Speaker, I will begin by talking about democracy, union democracy. There are some people who think that unions do whatever they want, however they want, but that is not at all true. First, it is a recognized right, is it not? Then, people at the head of unions are elected.