Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, do you not find that there is enough mud-slinging going on in this campaign without starting to repeat people's nonsense? I am calling on the leader of the Bloc Québécois' sense of honour and I am asking him to withdraw his comments. As a parliamentarian, he should

Points of Order  Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, this afternoon during question period I heard some unparliamentary language. What is more, this language was used by the leader of a political party from Quebec. The Leader of the Bloc Québécois, who should be respectful and a model parliamentarian, un

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, as the representative of families, businesses and seniors in Lévis, Bellechasse and Les Etchemins in this House, I am honoured to take the floor today to give my unequivocal support to the 2007 budget of Canada's new government, an historic budget that will restore f

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his question. Today is election day in the province of Quebec. It is important to let democracy speak. Today, it is Quebeckers' turn to speak. I therefore encourage them all to go to the polls today. I have a question for my col

The Budget  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. Last Friday I visited a business in my riding, a cooperative in Bellechasse, where I was told that there is an excellent way to stimulate the manufacturing sector, a measure that would give the sector a shot of a

HEC Montréal  Mr. Speaker, today I would like to sincerely congratulate and pay tribute to HEC Montréal, Canada's first university-level business school, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The school has trained generations of entrepreneurs and managers who have been recogni

Textile Industry  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank you and my colleagues for giving me the opportunity to participate in the debate on Motion M-158 concerning the textile and apparel industries. Before discussing the merits of this motion, I think this is a good time to remind the members of wh

Marie-Pier Beaudet  Mr. Speaker, I would like to share how proud I am of a 20-year-old woman from Lévis who recently captured her third Canadian archery title, breaking a 23-year-old record in the process. I am inspired by Marie-Pier Beaudet from Lévis, who also won six gold medals at the Copa Mere

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I recently met at my Levis office with Jocelyne Gagnon, Émilienne Morrissette, Berthe Fradette and Chantal Bélanger, from Bellechasse, who asked me to table their petition in the House. According to the parliamentary tradition, I table that petition signed by more t

Railway Continuation Act, 2007  Mr. Speaker, I salute the leadership of the Minister of Labour and I have a question for my colleague from Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert. Obviously many workers from Quebec and Canada may suffer because of this strike. There will be job losses, gas shortages, as was the case recently

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I am disappointed and troubled by what I have heard and the motion tabled by the member for Bourassa. I am disappointed to see the Liberals siding with the terrorists and the Taliban. I am disappointed to see them taking this untimely and irresponsible position. I a

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, thank you for your remarks. I was only stating facts. My question is for the Leader of the Opposition. What does he have to say to the Afghan people? To Afghan women? What does he have to say to Afghan girls who are denied the fundamental right to education? What do

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened to the remarks of the member for Saint-Jean, and found that it was only at the very end that he stated his position on the motion. I am also a member of the Standing Committee on National Defence, and he raised some interesting proposals, especially in ter

Business of Supply  Mr. Speaker, I listened with interest to the presentation by the member from British Columbia with whom I sit on the Standing Committee on National Defence. I have a question for her. According to a report by Human Rights Watch, there have been 48 attacks by insurgents in Afgh

Brian Mulroney  Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I witnessed a wonderful moment in Canadian history, as the Right Hon. Brian Mulroney was awarded the Order of King Yaroslav the Wise, the highest honour the Ukrainian government can bestow. At the same time, he also accepted the Shevchenko Medal, the most