Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I will quickly address two things. First of all, the member obviously did not listen to my speech, since I ended by saying that it seems likely that this motion will receive unanimous support. I do not know where he got the idea from my speech that the Liberals were

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. Obviously, if we start getting into all the minute details, we could quickly lose those who are watching since they are not experts in the matter. I am not an expert either, but I try to stay informed. We are basically saying

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the chance to speak on veterans' issues in the House. Every time I rise on this issue, I do so not only with immense respect, but with great honour. The motion we are debating today would be relevant at any time, but it takes on a special significa

Transportation  Mr. Speaker, I find it interesting that the government is still making plans even though time has run out. Greyhound is stopping service in western Canada today. The markets will very likely replace the most profitable routes, but for many isolated communities, their coach is t

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I bet members can guess the subject of the petition I am tabling today. If ever there were a concrete example of what the government should do in terms of its economic agenda, it has to be high-frequency rail, or HFR, which would foster development, reduce greenhous

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, the Liberals fancy themselves champions of the environment, but everyone knows that is just a facade. Behind the smiles and lofty rhetoric, behind closed doors, the Liberals are busy giving a free pass to their friends in the oil industry and using our money to bu

Indigenous Affairs  Madam Speaker, we do not pick and choose; we listen to what people tell us. We have been asking this question for weeks, and the government has been giving us non-answers on energy east the whole time. There is massive opposition to energy east. People in Trois-Rivières, Montre

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I cannot count the number of times I have risen in the House to add more names to the petition calling on the Minister of Transport to fund the VIA Rail high-frequency train project. There are only benefits to this project, including reducing greenhouse gases, making

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I listened to my Conservative colleague's speech. Our opinions differ on many subjects, and while I realize we are miles apart on this one too, a number of his arguments did strike a chord. I would like to know what he thinks of the fact that two legal rulings ha

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. Although I do believe he has good intentions, I am still a little confused, so I am hoping he can clarify a few things for me. The B.C. Supreme Court ruled that the indefinite nature of isolation is unconstitutional. While it

Corrections and Conditional Release Act  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for her speech. I certainly do not claim to be an expert in this area, though I have very definite ideas about rehabilitation. However, two courts have ruled that certain measures are unconstitutional. I have to admit that I do not see which mea

Nicolet Run for Mental Health  Mr. Speaker, for anyone who does not believe in miracles, let me describe what happened in my region last weekend. At the fifth annual run for mental health in Nicolet, Marie-Sol St-Onge, who underwent a quadruple amputation in 2012 after contracting flesh-eating disease, achieve

Transportation  Mr. Speaker, Greyhound bus company announced in July that it would be discontinuing operations in many provinces at the end of October. While the affected communities have been waiting for months for the government to show the slightest bit of leadership, the minister decided to

Air Transportation  Mr. Speaker, an Air Canada flight en route to San Francisco narrowly avoided what could have been the worst disaster in aviation history. According to the United States National Transportation Safety Board, the pilot had been at the controls for 19 hours straight, something that

National Defence Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her presentation. However, we are left wondering why it has taken so long to introduce this bill and why the proposed measures, which we generally support, were not introduced along with those that went into effect in September 2018. The