Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. We heard her present a long list of isolated incidents. Does my colleague think it is right for the government to invoke an act with such huge ramifications in order to deal with isolated incidents?

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his question, which allows me to repeat something I said. Yes, integrating the various police forces was probably necessary, but the Emergencies Act was not needed in order for the various police forces to work together

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague, with whom I have the pleasure of sitting on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts. I agree that this is a huge smokescreen. As I said in my speech, there was no need for this legislation. Given its minority status, the government do

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for her question. I agree that Ottawa residents have suffered enough. I hope that I explained in my speech, and now in my answer, that this blockade should never have taken place. The government's mistake was to allow the protesters

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the member for Rivière-du-Nord. The Talleyrand quote “all that is excessive is insignificant” could have been said today about the situation we are debating in the House. Yes, we are in the midst of a crisis, but the

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech. He said it very well: Now is the time to combat the threat, and, make no mistake, far–right extremists are a threat to our democracy. I do wonder however if he and his party sincerely believe that the government would have

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, my colleague and I are both members of the Standing Committee on Finance, and we heard some really compelling evidence from Sophie Prégent of the Union des artistes. She said that artists have suffered enormously during this pandemic, and that never before had they

Old Age Security Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her question and her kind words about my speech. I completely agree. Once again, the Liberal government is adopting a wait-and-see approach for the most vulnerable in society. It is choosing to wait, instead of seeking funds and fin

Old Age Security Act  Madam Speaker, there are two issues here. First, we need to correct the situation that Bill C‑12 seeks to address, which is that CERB was not factored into the calculation of the guaranteed income supplement. This is not the only problem that seniors have faced, of course, but

Old Age Security Act  Madam Speaker, I do not want to disappoint my dear colleague from Abitibi—Témiscamingue who is sharing his time with me, but my son is putting my husband to sleep with some lullabies. He will not be joining us. The Bloc Québécois has always supported targeted assistance programs

The Patriotes  Mr. Speaker, today we mark a sad anniversary. On February 15, 1839, the last six of the 12 leaders of the Patriotes, a national liberation movement, were hanged at the Pied-du-Courant prison. The Patriotes were fighting for collective rights, democracy and equality of peoples. I

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Madam Speaker, we welcome the fact that the tourism and hospitality sectors were included in Bill C-2. However, the bill does not currently cover upstream industries in the supply chains of those sectors, such as aircraft or bus manufacturers, or those that manufacture goods for

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, without getting into a heated debate on vaccination, I must say that doing one's part means getting vaccinated, and that is important to point out. I have a question for my hon. colleague. If I may summarize what he said, in his opinion, the emergency measures are

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I thank my dear colleague for her intervention. It is true that the government often sends rather mixed messages, in particular with this bill and with other measures where we see that certain segments of the population are left to fend for themselves. I am thinking

An Act to Provide Further Support in Response to COVID-19  Mr. Speaker, I thank my esteemed colleague for her question. The Bloc Québécois is very concerned about seniors. The Bloc Québécois is fighting to put an end to the two age groups being used to determine eligibility for the benefits. As members know, the pandemic hit seniors har