Business of Supply  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. You stated earlier today that this motion was one option, but it certainly is not because we cannot support it. Furthermore, the House cannot cut the GST or the HST in Canada. The House can adopt any motion it wants, but it is

Business of Supply  My colleague spoke about her riding. My riding of Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou is huge. There is a lot of ground to cover. I understand very well what she is saying; however I believe that instead we should be helping seniors or finding ways to help the disadvantaged.

Lev Chayka  Madam Speaker, I was deeply saddened to learn of the death of Lev Chayka, a Ukrainian priest who settled in Abitibi-Témiscamingue in 1952. He was 98 years old and the oldest priest in the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada. He devoted almost 70 years of his

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his fine speech. I have questions about social housing. As we know, the provinces are capable of managing their own budgets. When we talk about health care, we are talking about transfers. Why does the government not transfer these amou

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, in his speech, my colleague talked about the protest and the trucker convoy. That deteriorated. It was not necessarily just a trucker convoy anymore, with all of the flags being displayed in Ottawa. We definitely do not want the Emergencies Act to be used. We are w

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. We know everything that happened should have happened during the early days of the protests in Ottawa. We feel the government did not take action and did not work with City of Ottawa police services. We do not think the Emer

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, we know the act was invoked on Monday to no effect. In the case of the Ambassador Bridge, city police got it open again. That can be done again, so there is no need to use the act to achieve this outcome.

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. As I said earlier, the provinces and local police can handle protests that get out of hand and people who break the law. I think it is important to note that there are already procedures in place for that. It is just a matte

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Laurentides—Labelle for her fine speech. I want to start mine by commending the excellent work done by the police forces, whose professionalism and interventions are above reproach. I would be remiss if I did not also acknowledge the work

Emergencies Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I understand him. We are well aware of everything that has happened over the past three weeks in Ottawa and of all of the impacts that it has had on residents and businesses, and even everywhere else in Canada and Quebec. My c

Resource Centre for People with Disabilities  Mr. Speaker, La Ressource is an organization in my riding that does amazing work helping people with disabilities maintain everything they have achieved and take full advantage of the financial resources available to them. To keep providing these services, La Ressource needs mo

Government Business No. 7—Proceedings on Bill C-12  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for her nice, long speech. I just want to point out that seniors were the first to be affected by the pandemic. This came at a time when they were isolated, living with anxiety and losing money. There were also the retired nurses and health car

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member for Cypress Hills—Grasslands for his speech. He began his speech talking about lockdowns and vaccination. I totally agree with him. However, I would like to point out that if the provinces had received the health transfers, the situation mi

Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021  Mr. Speaker, Bill C-8 addresses the housing problem. We need to remember that the national housing strategy was put on the back burner for 20 years, which prevented the construction of 6,000 housing units a year. Also, the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain said th

Jean-Paul Bordeleau  Mr. Speaker, I was saddened to learn that Abitibi has lost one of its most beloved citizens. Jean‑Paul Bordeleau, former member of the Quebec National Assembly, was first elected under the Parti Québécois banner in Abitibi‑Est in 1976 and was re-elected in 1981. During his time