COVID-19 Pandemic  Madam Chair, I have given the Prime Minister ample opportunity to do the right thing. I have made it as easy as possible for him. All he had to do was take that opportunity. The solution was right in front of him. I am therefore astounded to hear him say that the government will

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Speaker, 19% of Quebeckers are 65 years of age or older. I want to focus on them. I do not want to create what I feel is an arbitrary distinction within this group, meaning I do not want to create one category for those who are between the ages of 65 and 75 and another for th

Shootings in Nova Scotia  Mr. Speaker, we are living in times often marked by sadness, but the tragedy unfolding in Nova Scotia is fraught with anger and disbelief. We experienced this with the Dawson College shooting, the École polytechnique massacre and the Quebec City mosque shooting, all acts associa

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, we will certainly have the opportunity to come back to some aspects of this issue later. For now, I would like to focus on ideas and solutions rather than nitpicking and finger-pointing. I am asking the House to believe in the absolutely genuine concern I have for ou

Seniors  Mr. Speaker, without wishing to seem ungrateful, I, like seniors, believe that this does not amount to much. Can the Prime Minister give us a clear, written response, since the Bloc Québécois’s recommendations and suggestions have been very clear and very public for about two we

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Madam Speaker, I was waiting for a question. I guess question marks are not part of the English grammar.

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Still, the role of an MP, whether in government or in opposition, is first and foremost to be the voice of the people. Furthermore, whether we are a member of the opposition or not, our role is not to always say no to everything. Not everything that comes from others or from othe

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Madam Speaker, it is hard to go wrong there. The people who are being called upon to keep working every day are certainly operating under difficult conditions. We are hearing more and more reports about the extreme anxiety plaguing health care workers, especially in long-term car

Proceedings of the House and Committees  Madam Speaker, I would like to start by saying that I will be sharing my time with the most hon. member for Shefford. We must take time to reflect on the other tragedy being faced by the people of Nova Scotia today. I find it hard to imagine what this senseless trail of violence

COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I had no idea what my esteemed colleague's riding is called. In answer to the question, there will always be a way to do a little more, to do a little better. There will always be room for improvement. This situation reveals a number of things. One of the first is

COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, when I was young, children used to do the same thing in the school yard. It is rather uncouth. I certainly did not block his colleague, Mr. Paul-Hus, because he just said on Twitter that he agrees with what I said about foreign workers. If the Conservatives get thei

COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, No. 2  Mr. Speaker, I should say that I will be sharing my time with my esteemed colleague from La Prairie, or else I will end up with more time. I am a little concerned that the subject we are discussing this morning has not been treated with the seriousness it deserves. I am also a l

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, it is possible that the rules are inadequate. Farming operations might not be able to ensure the kind of quarantine that is required, since that is really not their job. It is possible that symptoms might not be identified as effectively by farming operations as they c

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, on another note, some may be surprised to hear that I believe the Canadian government must play a part in restoring the oil sector jobs in Alberta and western Canada to what they once were. I do not think we should ask these people to sacrifice their entire economic mo

COVID-19 Pandemic  Mr. Chair, as I was saying earlier, we have concerns about the health, security and safety of people who are very welcome in Quebec, the temporary foreign workers. I think we owe the public, those workers and farm owners proper security. In the next few hours and before the next