Official Languages committee  Thank you. Mr. Thériault, at the end of my last turn, I mentioned the federal French internship program for youth, a program you managed in the past. What are the consequences of the fact that this program no longer exists? Should the federal government reinvest

Official Languages committee  It's not that far from home. I've had the unfortunate task of having to cut short a lot of questions and answers because I have the eternally unruly here. They're also passionate about the language, and want to talk longer than their allotted time. Dear witnesses, this has

Public Safety committee  Obviously, as a police force, we will always be open to longer sentences. In February of this year, we conducted an operation in which we arrested nine people and seized 55 stolen vehicles. The two main people in this case are still being detained. For us, that is great news.

Public Safety committee  As police officers, would you both endorse further resources in reaching out to these young people before they get caught up in this criminal world?

Public Safety committee   releasing them. So I think we have to work on that and also reach out to young people through prevention because they can make a lot of money stealing cars. That is a real draw for them.

Public Safety committee  There are different types of investigations. There are shorter-term and longer-term ones. When we investigate the longer-term ones while trying to dismantle a criminal organization, we're trying to acquire all the evidence to support organized crime charges. In Quebec, our

Public Safety committee   mandate is focused more on imports than exports, and that it is more concerned with what is coming into the country than what is going out, because what is going out is no longer our responsibility. Do you think its mandate should be changed in particular because of the rise

The Budget   the following: “Do they want to live in a country where we can tell the size of one's paycheque by their smile?” After nine years of rising taxes, inflation and interest rates, Canadians are no longer smiling when they look at their paycheque, because it is disappearing. After nine years

Finance committee   and holidays adding to the busy weekend congestion, whereas international second-home owners and nightly vacation renters typically support longer stays, filling the needed mid-week periods. However, there's no guarantee that Canadian demand would fill these anticipated resale gaps

Finance committee  Ultimately, all seniors should be able to benefit from this increase so that they don't find themselves in a precarious position by being penalized if they work. We understand that some seniors can no longer return to work, but we believe that all seniors should be covered

The Budget   that the majority of debt that has been added under the Prime Minister was unrelated to COVID. The “dog ate my homework” excuse, of blaming COVID for all that is wrong in Canada, no longer works. I will add that we are now three years past COVID and the deficits and debt continue to grow

Finance committee   was announced three years ago, but it took two years of negotiations before the federal government and Quebec reached a $1.8 billion agreement. Don't you think it would be faster if the federal government showed a little humility and put its fiscal capacity forward by sending a one-time

Transport committee   the ones that reached the media—mine never did, for example—and I'm sure there are many more. I'll leave you with one all-encompassing recommendation—namely, that airlines provide an experience for disabled people that is safe and treats us with dignity and respect, where we can expect

Information & Ethics committee   complying with my orders or challenging them in court, some institutions are choosing to do neither. By ignoring my orders, these institutions are, in effect, breaking the law. In real terms, this means that Canadians must wait longer before receiving the information they requested

Finance committee   of a merger remedy is simply to mitigate the harm from a merger so that it is no longer substantial, and to do so in the least intrusive way. As a result, we sometimes end up with merger remedies that take a strong competitor in a market and replace it with a weaker one. The U.S. accepts