Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his kind words and his very pertinent question. Indeed, the prosperity gap has only increased over the last few decades, as economists like Thomas Piketty have pointed out. These prosperity gaps are getting wider and wider. The majority

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. This gives me the chance to say a bit more about the issues of economic development and the redistribution of wealth. In this time of climate crisis and economic tensions, that money must first be used for an energy transition.

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I would first like to thank my esteemed colleague, the hon. member for Mirabel, for sharing his time with me. We are here to debate the motion put forward by the hon. member for Burnaby South, highlighting several wealth gap issues that have been exacerbated by cu

Support for Gatineau Businesses  There have been discussions among the parties and if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent to adopt the following motion: That the House call on the government to create a compensation package for Gatineau businesses that were also impacted by the occupation o

Online Streaming Act  Madam Speaker, the Liberal Party and the Bloc Québécois agree on one thing, and that does not happen often. The thing we agree on is the presence of Quebec and Canadian content on platforms. If this is what matters, why exclude algorithms from the methods to ultimately achieve t

Emergencies Act  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech, in which she very eloquently explained all the reasons for which this legislation was not necessary. Does my hon. colleague agree that, even if it was necessary to use the Emergencies Act in downtown Ottawa, the law could and sho

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