Housing  Mr. Speaker, I thank my opposition colleague and I can see he is very passionate about this. Having said that, I am happy to be on this side of the House, with a government that began rolling out the very first national housing strategy in 2016 to put a roof over the heads of Ca

Regional Economic Development  Mr. Speaker, when I ran in 2019, and with the government's support, we made a commitment to host the very first Sommet de l'Est, a summit about Montreal East. Last November, working with the Chambre de commerce de l'Est de Montréal, we managed to gather together more than 800 par

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. I would like to remind her that this was not the first but the second extension that we gave to all businesses, and that there is no business that cannot get support from the government. If they cannot pay back their loan, we w

Small Business  Mr. Speaker, once again, if the government had not been there to support them in the first place, these businesses would not have weathered the biggest pandemic crisis this country has ever known. It is now time to look to the future. We need to support companies in meeting the

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that on this side of the House we do not insult the mayors of cities in Quebec. We work with the municipalities. On this side of the House we actually get real deals done, unlike him, when he was housing minister. We build re

Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, like the member for Louis-Hébert, our government understands that the economic benefits from the Carnaval de Québec contribute directly to business growth in the region. Unlike the Conservatives, who want to cut programs that fund festivals and refuse to take action

Regional Economic Development  Madam Speaker, the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions has been in existence for 50 years. In that time, the agency has injected billions of dollars into the innovation, growth and productivity of thousands of Quebec businesses. The Conservative Party members from Que

Indigenous Affairs  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. The tourism fund is about empowering indigenous peoples to advance economic reconciliation. At the international indigenous tourism conference today, the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada and our government announced mor

Housing  Mr. Speaker, we know that every person in Canada has the right to a roof over their head. That is a fundamental human right. We have doubled funding to communities in order to fight homelessness and ensure everyone has a place to call home. We know there is a lot of work to be d

Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He can tell everyone in Alfred-Pellan and the rest of Quebec that, as of today, the tourism growth program for Quebec is ready to receive project submissions from SMEs, not-for-profit organizations and indigenous communities.

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He knows as well as I do that our government has done more for housing than any government in recent decades. For the first time, we have reinvested in co-operative housing, which is one thing Montreal is known for. We will con

Housing  Mr. Speaker, as my colleague knows, before being a minister I was the parliamentary secretary for housing. I have worked with her on many issues on the housing front, and I know that she, like I do, wants to make sure that every Canadian has a home. That is what we are doing as a

Tourism  Mr. Speaker, let me start by thanking my colleague from Lac-Saint-Louis because, like me and like our government, he believes that Canada is a destination of choice for international business events. This week, we announced that Destination Canada will get $50 million to attrac

Housing  Mr. Speaker, I am delighted by my colleague's question because I have taken a close look at the infamous report he spoke about and worked on himself. Several stakeholders are mentioned in his report. These stakeholders, including FRAPRU, spoke positively about housing rights and

Housing  Mr. Speaker, to me, the dark blue or light blue rhetoric is all the same. Honestly, a person cannot claim to want to help others and then turn around and vote against all the measures that we announced this week. Incidentally, the measure that my colleague just mentioned was par