Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I want to set the record straight for my colleague, who is an advocate for official languages. I did have an opportunity to speak to Ms. Mulroney. I spoke to her about how important the French-language university project is. I also had the opportunity to reiterate

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague and all the other colleagues in the House who took part in this huge protest. As the member for Ottawa—Vanier and others mentioned earlier, this was the biggest protest in the history of French Ontario. People across the country will reme

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, New Democrats say one thing in the House, but behind closed doors they admit this is the deal to protect Canadian jobs. The NDP leader celebrated the deal during a recent event in Ottawa, and the NDP member for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, who is also the NDP Quebec li

French Services in Ontario  Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the federal government's plan to work in partnership with the Government of Ontario on all projects that support the vitality of French-language services in Ontario.

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Vimy for her excellent question and for the great work she is doing on behalf of her constituents. We have an excellent plan to support linguistic communities and francophones across the country. We have invested $2.7 billion, the largest

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his question. We had a very good meeting yesterday with the Prime Minister and the opposition party leaders. I attended this meeting, which was held entirely in French. We can see that 50 years later, the Official Languages Act

International Trade  Mr. Speaker, our primary goal since the beginning has always been to get a good deal for Canada and for Canadians. We held for a good deal and we got a good deal. This agreement will be good for our economy, good for Canadian families and good for our middle class. It will prese

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, it goes without saying that we will always work with the provinces and territories that want to invest in our official languages and Canada's Francophonie. We will always take a collaborative approach. However, the reality is that the unjust situation in Ontario nee

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, 11 days have passed since that dark Thursday and the opposition leader seems to finally be showing some interest in the issue. I want all francophones in Canada to know, whether they are Franco-Ontarians, Quebeckers, Acadians, Fransaskois, francophiles, or official

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, we will take no lessons from the Conservatives. The fact is that we have invested $2.7 billion in official languages, which is the largest investment in history, and $500 million of that is new money. Last week, I announced the court challenges program, which is cr

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to place the question in context. Why are Franco-Ontarians calling for the Ford government to take action? It is because the Ford government first created an injustice. The reality is that the opposition leader is the only leader in the country who ha

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, our Prime Minister, our entire government and I are proud to stand with Franco-Ontarians, whose right to live in French in Ontario is currently under attack. The Prime Minister has been clear in denouncing the cuts. In fact, we call on the leader of the Conservative

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Madawaska—Restigouche, who does excellent work on the Standing Committee on Official Languages. It has been seven days since Ontario's Conservative government cut services for Franco-Ontarians, but so far, no one in the Conse

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, Campus Saint-Jean is very important. I have had a chance to visit it many times, particularly with my former parliamentary secretary, the member for Edmonton Centre. It really is an amazing institution, which is why we decided to provide more funding for minority lan

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for his excellent question. Five days have passed since that dark Thursday when the Conservative Government of Ontario and Conservatives in general decided to attack Franco-Ontarians. Not once in those five days has the leader