Organ and Tissue Donation  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I very much appreciate his support for my motion. What he is talking about is a best practice. Earlier, I mentioned Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, but other provinces have different practices. I will not go through all

Organ and Tissue Donation  Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her excellent question. I have been a member of the Standing Committee on Health from the start. We change as we participate in debates and sit on committees. The information gathered in the context of the report that was released helped deve

Organ and Tissue Donation  Mr. Speaker, my colleague opposite, a fellow member of the Standing Committee on Health, is absolutely right. We have to educate people. One in five families says no to organ donation at a time of great sadness. Through organ donation, death can give the gift of life. If the don

Organ and Tissue Donation  moved: That the House: (a) reiterate its commitment to facilitate collaboration on an organ and tissue donation and transplantation system that gives Canadians timely and effective access to care, since every year more than 250 people, out of the 4,500 on waiting lists, die wit

Taxation  Mr. Speaker, families in Thérèse-De Blainville and across Canada got a pleasant surprise this summer when they received the Canada child benefit and got a little more tax-free money in their pockets. This government indexed the Canada child benefit two years ahead of schedule.

Canada Revenue Agency Act  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Calgary Confederation on his bill. Organ donation is an extremely important issue in Canada. The Standing Committee on Health report presented on this topic was unanimously adopted this morning, which goes to show that this i

Accessible Canada Act  Madam Speaker, I am very pleased to ask my colleague a question on this important bill. This is a historic bill. My colleague mentioned that the Rick Hansen Foundation has also described this as a historic bill. My question is very simple, and my colleague from Rivière-des-Mill

Organ Donation  Mr. Speaker, in a Canadian medical first, a face transplant has been successfully carried out at Montreal's Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital. A team of medical professionals achieved the incredible feat last May, giving Maurice Desjardins a new face after he was seriously disfigured

Budget Implementation Act, 2018, No. 1  Mr. Speaker, I would have liked my colleague from Alfred-Pellan to tell us a bit more about the impact of this last budget on single mothers. He abundantly talked about women, but single mothers have specific needs, and we must take care of their families, since many of them are

Social Development  Madam Speaker, the Government of Canada and Quebec recently signed a bilateral agreement on early learning and child care. This is an important step for Canadian families because, for the very first time, the federal government has entered into agreements with each province and t

50th Anniversary of Town of Blainville  Madam Speaker, building a harmonious, respectful, and tolerant community allows people to forge relationships. Forging relationships is the theme chosen to inspire and bring people together for the 50th anniversary of the founding of Blainville on June 29, 2018. This young town's

Export and Import Permits Act  Mr. Speaker, did I just hear the opposition member say that he was in contact with Syrians and people in the Middle East who asked for guns and Canada was providing them? That is a rather troubling assertion.

Jeannine Bergeron Lyonnais  Mr. Speaker, I am dedicating this speech to my late mother-in-law, Jeannine Bergeron Lyonnais, who passed away in December after a painful battle with this wretched disease. The Blainville Relay for Life is a very special event where people can come together to pay tribute to t

Aerospace Industry  Mr. Speaker, in Thérèse-De Blainville, many people work directly or indirectly for the aerospace industry. A significant number of businesses and families have close ties with this sector. There are also many institutions and organizations that do research and development work fo

Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, infrastructure is vital to Canada's economy, and traffic flow in the Lower Laurentian region needs significant improvement immediately. Our government is committed to supporting and developing transportation and public transit infrastructure. The Government of Queb