Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  Mr. Speaker, our farmers pay a lot of money for foreign workers. They pay for the market studies required by the federal government and they pay for the quarantine facilities. Canada's border management is a mess, and this means that farms are not getting their workers but are s

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I will pick up on some of the points he raised and perhaps make some slight corrections. I would like to begin my statement by commending farmers. I have the greatest respect for these people who work on the land week in and we

Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act  Madam Speaker, I commend my colleague from Northumberland—Peterborough South for his speech, for his passion and for his bill. I would like to give him a chance to respond to the concerns raised at committee by people who thought that reducing the impact of the price on pollutio

World Milk Day  Mr. Speaker, today, Tuesday, June 1, is World Milk Day. It is an opportunity to recognize the contribution of dairy farmers, who work hard to bring to our tables safe, high-quality milk, as well as other much-needed milk products, such as butter, yogourt and cheese. Dairy farmer

Bills of Exchange Act  Madam Speaker, I really thank our Green Party colleague for her moving and poignant speech. I do not know if this can comfort her, but we share and feel some of her emotions today. I will go back to the question I asked a little earlier. I would like her to talk about the way f

Bills of Exchange Act  Madam Speaker, I sincerely thank the member for Vancouver East for her heartfelt speech in which she really emphasized the need for action. Everyone's thoughts are with the families of the 215 children today, as well as all the other victims, whose names are often unknown. Asid

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for that well-laid-out speech. We agree that nobody is satisfied with this bill. People who are against all forms of gun control are not happy, and neither are those who want gun control, because the bill is full of half-measures. For one thin

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I understand his opposition to Bill C-21. I would like to know if he is open to working on a technical and scientific definition of the type of firearms that should be prohibited rather than including firearms such as the airsof

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and for the open-mindedness he demonstrated earlier. I have another suggestion for him. Will the members of his government also be open to sitting down and defining which firearms should be prohibited, as a first step? As the b

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He raised several very pertinent elements: support for housing; forestry, an area in which we could have invested; seniors who are being left behind; and the knowledge economy. That is all great. He also rightly pointed out tha

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I would like to know what he thinks of the idea of creating a Canadian securities regulator that would be based in Toronto, as proposed in the bill, especially given that Quebec has had its own securities regulator, the Autori

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I would like to know what my colleague thinks about the fact that the increase to old age security will apply only to seniors aged 75 and over and will not take effect until 2022, when a need is already being felt right now. I would like to know what he thinks abou

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. I do not understand that. It makes absolutely no sense. Considering the $500 one-time payment promised to people 75 and over, and the fact that the government is creating two classes of seniors by offering a pension increase

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I will begin my answer by warmly thanking my colleague for his easy question. It is true, the Bloc criticizes this every day. The federal government should not meddle in all sorts of areas the way it does, on the pretext that it controls the budget. The problem wi

Budget Implementation Act, 2021, No. 1  Madam Speaker, I thank the member for St. John's East for his question. We are not against the initiative in principle. I myself spent many years paying back my student loans, so I would love to give this gift to young people. I agree with the idea, but we cannot forget that thi