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Public Services and Procurement Mr. Speaker, renewing the lease on the facility near Roxham Road is yet another Liberal ethical failure. The mere fact that the renewal was concluded in secret and untendered, and that it was awarded surely by chance to a Liberal donor, confirms this. Providing smuggling servic
December 14th, 2021House debate
René VillemureBloc
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleague, who talked about all the things on which the Speech from the Throne is silent. There are silences in several sections of the throne speech. There are some repetitions, but there are also silences. I am concerned about the latter, particul
January 31st, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply Madam Speaker, I really appreciate everything that my colleague said, but I still have doubts about the issue of housing. Health is very important, but once a person is healthy, where are they going to live? There is a dire need for social and affordable housing. The need was di
February 1st, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague talked a lot about things that were missing from the throne speech and things that were included in it. However, I want to ask him about the topics he avoided. Will Canada be able to restore its international reputation on foreign policy? Canada
February 1st, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply Madam Speaker, I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with my colleague, the member for Drummond. Many people have said that the throne speech was a compilation of platitudes, an short collection of empty words designed to appeal to hardcore Liberal converts,
February 1st, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply Madam Speaker, I salute my Acadian colleague who is a fellow member of the Canadian Branch of the Assemblée parlementaire de la Francophonie. I can only agree; however, to be fair, I would say that, unfortunately, when it comes to official languages and French, the Liberals' inte
February 1st, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his suggestions. The answer is an unconditional yes.
February 1st, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply Madam Speaker, in Latin, “promise” means to send forward. However, when there is no follow-up, it amounts to nothing. The Liberals talked about high-frequency rail. It was an election promise in 2015 that was recycled in 2018, then in 2019 and again in 2021. The result is that th
February 1st, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Trois-Rivières Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. Speaker, today I want to pay tribute to an institution in my riding that is celebrating its 140th anniversary: the Trois-Rivières Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Chamber was founded in 1881, making it one of the oldest chambers of commerce in Quebec. It contributed to
February 2nd, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Privacy Mr. Speaker, Ottawa has issued a call for tenders for a vendor to collect location data from all citizens' cellphones, without their knowledge, and share it with the Public Health Agency of Canada once it is anonymized. The deadline for the tendering process is tomorrow. I do no
February 3rd, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Privacy Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois is not questioning the Public Health Agency of Canada's motives. What we want is time. We want time for the ethics committee to make sure this move to collect massive amounts of personal data protects people's right to privacy. The tendering proce
February 3rd, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, I move that the first report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, presented on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, be concurred in. Last week, the committee tabled its report, which included a motion that was unanimously adopted by all co
February 7th, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for the question. Those are very valid points, and my concerns are twofold. I am referring to the source and the end of the process. First, at the source, there is not a modicum of user consent. Then, the point my colleague raises is very
February 7th, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, outside of being consulted, the commissioner was uncomfortable. He obviously could not comment on a large part of how the data was handled because of an ongoing investigation. However, I will say that he showed concern throughout his testimony. I asked him whethe
February 7th, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc
Committees of the House Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his question. As he said, just because something is legal does not necessarily make it right. What may be considered legal is not always ethical. I tend to say that legality is the bare minimum. In this case, is the bare minimum enoug
February 7th, 2022House debate
René VillemureBloc