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Petitions Madam Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition signed by many people from Sherbrooke. Whereas every minute, 31 people are forced to flee their homes, the petitioners are calling on the House to do more to address the underlying causes of forced migration around the world
June 19th, 2019House debate
Canada Labour Code moved for leave to introduce Bill C-465, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (automated external defibrillators). Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to introduce this bill, which is the result of a collaboration with one of my constituents, Claude Leblanc, who was recently honoured. S
June 19th, 2019House debate
Oil Tanker Moratorium Act Madam Speaker, I am a bit disappointed in the meaningless answer the minister gave to the question from my colleague from Longueuil—Saint-Hubert. He said that we need to build Trans Mountain and triple the pipeline's capacity to export our crude oil because my colleague drives to
June 18th, 2019House debate
Oil Tanker Moratorium Act Madam Speaker, when the minister was on this side of the House, he openly criticized these kinds of closure motions and time allocation motions. The Liberals have used these methods countless times now. I wonder what happened to the democratic spirit of my colleague, who used to
June 18th, 2019House debate
Canada Revenue Agency Mr. Speaker, as a result of inaction on the part of successive Liberal and Conservative governments, we are losing out on $26 billion in taxes every year, and the minister refuses to go after it. To put that number into context, it is enough to build eight superhospitals like Mo
June 18th, 2019House debate
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the Canada Infrastructure Bank, since its creation: (a) what is the number of meetings held with Canadian and foreign investors, broken down by (i) month, (ii) country, (iii) investor class; (b) what is the complete list of investors met; (c) what are the details o
June 17th, 2019House debate
Natural Resources Mr. Speaker, it is a former Liberal minister who is saying that there is no business case for this project. People are right to be discouraged with this Liberal government. Even a former Liberal minister is finding it hard to believe that the Liberals are going to approve the Tr
June 17th, 2019House debate
Finance Mr. Speaker, will we really be surprised if tomorrow they put the interests of big oil ahead of the interests of Canadians? I do not think so. Canada has never seen such a huge inequality. The Liberals brag about having lowered taxes for the middle class, but the wealthiest mid
June 17th, 2019House debate
Fisheries Act Mr. Speaker, what we are debating right now is the procedure being used today to limit debate on Bill C-68, not the substance of the matter. My colleague repeatedly said that there have been 39 days of debate. He feels that is enough, but his assessment strikes me as subjective
June 13th, 2019House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for his remarks. I have to give him credit for participating in debate in the House, unlike other ministers who cannot be bothered to show up and talk about issues that matter to Canadians. That said, the minister seemed to be saying that everyt
June 10th, 2019House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her work. She knows her riding well and does a great job of representing her constituents. The short answer is that we need to revisit the auction structure, as we said in our motion. That is a very important aspect that highlights the fact
June 10th, 2019House debate
Business of Supply Mr. Speaker, I am a little disappointed. I used to have a lot of respect for my colleague and I still do, but not as much now. As the Liberals often do, my colleague referred to votes on certain budget measures, but the truth is that we had to vote on the budget as a whole in a s
June 10th, 2019House debate
Business of Supply Madam Speaker, I want to begin by saying that I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River. I am pleased to rise today on behalf of the people of Sherbrooke to speak to an issue that is very important to me and to them. Today, we are tal
June 10th, 2019House debate
The Environment Mr. Speaker, people's anxiety about the economy and the environment is growing. The causes are obvious: the signing of free-trade agreements that hurt workers, a tax regime that is more lenient than ever before towards big business, and the climate emergency. Canadians expect th
June 10th, 2019House debate
Criminal Records Act Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and especially for his expertise. I also thank him for his outstanding command of his files. I know that he has worked very hard on this. In his speech, he mentioned that government officials, and even the minister, claimed that
June 6th, 2019House debate