Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Many people in Canada who are aware of problems in the cultural sector and the media might be asking themselves this question. As my colleague said, our economic performance was among the best in the G7. However, yesterday in c

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Madam Speaker, I wonder if my colleague across the way finds it inappropriate of the current government to once again introduce a mega-bill with a tremendous amount of pages and details. Everyone is having a tough time deciphering all these details. I am vice-chair of the Standi

News Media Industry  Mr. Speaker, there is a crisis in the media industry, and the Liberals finally decided to take notice yesterday, after tens of thousands of jobs had already been cut. This was a good decision, and I thank them for it, but it is a little late. Our media industry has been gutted, a

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I hear the government talk about being a law and order government when it is clearly a common spin government. I am not an expert on these matters, but all I can say about this bill is that everyone including the member for Papineau can see that the justice system i

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would first like to thank my colleague for his speech. We discussed our positions, which sometimes align, but often do not. Obviously, I always feel a need to point out how disappointing this government's legislative agenda is. Given all of the serious problems Ca

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the passion of my colleague opposite. I would want to believe that too, if I were her. I would want to believe what my colleagues told me, what my ministerial colleague told me. Can she tell me whether she will at least have a chance to look into how li

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his remarks. We all know that Conservatives and New Democrats do not always agree. However, one point on which we can agree is that the government's failure to appoint judges is deplorable. Without more judges, delays in the ju

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Brandon—Souris for his speech. I really liked how he presented the subject, in a very rational, common sense way. That is done all too rarely in this place. Earlier a Liberal member said that business owners were happy that th

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague. I think that the debate is enriched when members make historic references in their speeches. He is always saying hello to his constituents, which I find very amusing, but he is right. I also want to say hello to the people of Long

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Vaughan—Woodbridge for his speech. He mentioned having children. I wonder how we can really have such a debate where, once again, the parties blame one another for accumulating the most debt. I was chuckling and wondering who was telling th

Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Louis-Hébert. I often say that I believe him to be a politician with great intentions. However, the question the Conservatives are asking today is quite legitimate. I expect to get a frank and honest answer to the many questions th

Public Services and Procurement  Mr. Speaker, I would like to know whether my colleague from Canadian Heritage is concerned about the fact that La Presse cut 37 jobs, that Le Droit will likely close up shop if nothing changes, that Postmedia is on the verge of bankruptcy and that Capital Media is in one hell of

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from St. Catharines for coming back to this topic when he had any number of topics to choose from in these 800 pages. I appreciate that. I think this is an important topic. I find it worrisome that our Conservative colleagues see

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, my colleague said, “to make a contribution at some point”. Is “some point” in six years? What a meaningless answer. The Liberals are just putting things off. Honestly, I completely understand my colleague from Quebec. I am not sure if that is the name of his riding,

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, UQAM researchers have discovered that just five movies and five TV shows in Netflix's catalogue of 5,500 titles were produced in Quebec. That is 0.1% of Netflix's content. Quebec is not in the picture. As Quebec film and TV producers noted recently, the Netflix agre