Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for that excellent question. The Ontario Conservatives' decision is a direct attack on Franco-Ontarians, and I will be happy to work with him to protect them. The fact is, one party is not standing up to protect Franco-Ontarians,

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his excellent question. Millions of francophones and francophiles are going to fight alongside our government and all parties who want to stand up for Franco-Ontarians. I would ask the Conservative leader to talk to his boss, Doug Fo

Official Languages  Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Glengarry—Prescott—Russell for his question. He is a strong advocate for official languages and an excellent representative of his Franco-Ontarian community. We have invested $2.7 billion in official languages, including $500 million in new

Tourism Industry  Mr. Speaker, indeed, tourism is an important driver in Canada. It provides one in 10 jobs in the country, 1.8 million Canadians work in the tourism sector and it is an industry of the future. It is growing at one of the fastest paces in the world, at 4%. Therefore, the Prime Mi

Canada Revenue Agency  Mr. Speaker, my colleague is comparing apples and oranges. The reality is that we reinvested in CRA. We have made sure to counter tax evasion by investing more than $500 million. At the same time, we have been reinvesting in the public service to make sure Canadians have access t

Official Languages committee  First of all, I think Canada has an important role to play in the international Francophonie. You are absolutely right and, as minister responsible for the international Francophonie, I thank you for your work. At the last congress of the Organisation internationale de la franco

Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you, everyone.

Official Languages committee  Thank you. Clearly, we have a strong defender of official languages here. The Action Plan for Official Languages 2018-2023 contains two new features. First, early childhood is recognized for the first time. For young people to continue to be part of a minority language communit

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  Yes.

Official Languages committee  I do not want to add insult to injury, but we first had to re-establish the court challenges program, because the Conservatives had abolished it

Official Languages committee  We have agreed on a contract with the University of Ottawa. They have developed a centre of excellence and have started hiring people. We have a committee that has conducted all the interviews.

Official Languages committee  I will be making the appointments very quickly and then cases will finally be able to be heard through the court challenges program. Our government knows that it is important.

Official Languages committee  It may have been Hubert Lussier, who unfortunately has retired.