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Oral Questions
Mr. Speaker, the poorest working seniors have been plunged into poverty by Ottawa. Those who lost their jobs during the pandemic and who had to apply for CERB ended up having their guaranteed income supplement cut because CERB benefits are treated differently from work income, even though the benefit is designed to replace work income. For example, a worker who earns $10,000 in income would normal…
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Mr. Speaker, that is not what we are talking about. The Bloc Québécois alerted the Minister of Seniors and the Minister of Finance months ago, and nothing has been done. We need the Prime Minister to get involved. The CERB should be treated like employment income and seniors need to be able to have their benefits recalculated based on their current income. It is simple. This administrative mess is…
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Madam Speaker, as the critic for status of women, I would like to congratulate you. I am very happy to see a woman in the chair. That being said, I would like to make a comment. Then, I will ask my colleague from Regina—Qu’Appelle a question. He spoke about what the U.S. President did about the Keystone XL pipeline after he was elected. Perhaps the U.S. President understands something that even th…
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Madam Speaker, I too would like to congratulate you on your re-election. As a woman, I will say it is always nice to see women serving as Chair. My colleague briefly touched on the issue of violence against women when he spoke about housing. Yes, having more housing is critical to breaking the cycle of violence against women, but I would like to come back to one aspect that he did not bring up. In…
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Mr. Chair, given the urgency and the speeches in this evening's debate, it is apparent that the softwood lumber issue could affect several areas, especially in our regions in Quebec. I am naturally thinking about Abitibi and Lac-Saint-Jean, but I have to say that even back home in the eastern townships, there are mills that will be affected. This has an impact on our overall land use. This is a ma…
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Madam Chair, I listened to this evening's debate. The Prime Minister boasted that Canada was back on the international stage. However, I am once again struck by the fact that we are realizing that this is not true, and that when we sign international agreements, the sectors that are important to Quebec's economy are the ones that get sacrificed. The investments in lumber are not the same as the in…
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Madam Chair, 1982 is the year I was born, so this has obviously been languishing for a while. I had the opportunity to be a parliamentary assistant for a member of Parliament who was named one of the first green architects in Canada and who advocated for green architecture and the use of high-quality wood in buildings, including federal buildings. I was able to work on this project from 2006 to 20…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Terrebonne on her speech. I want to talk more about two segments of the population that were mentioned. My colleague raised the issue of women. As critic for status of women, I am a member of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, which had an emergency meeting in the summer of 2020 to look at how the pandemic was disproportionately aff…
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Mr. Speaker, seniors are among those hardest hit by the pandemic. It bears repeating that their financial situation was precarious even before the COVID-19 crisis. Even so, there was nothing for them in the throne speech. They were forgotten. Not a word was said about those bearing the brunt of inflation and rising prices across the board. To add insult to injury, seniors who stopped working becau…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. After listening to it, I am wondering whether he actually wants the hybrid model to become the usual practice. Is that really what he wants? Our role, the reason why we were elected, is to come to Ottawa to debate and legislate. That is why the people of Shefford elected me. I have a little story to tell. Tuesday evening, I went to the Bell Centr…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from the Quebec riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent for his remarks. This is my first intervention in the House in this new Parliament, the 44th Parliament, so I would of course like to take a moment to thank my Shefford constituents for giving me a second vote of confidence. My colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent knows the town of Granby well, and we talk about it oft…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and I send my full support to people in the Abbotsford area. My stepson has embraced the Vancouver area and British Columbia. It is one of Canada's major agricultural areas, and I have been fortunate to visit. I come from an agricultural riding myself, so my thoughts are with the farmers who have lost so much in this disaster. My colleague spoke a l…
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Mr. Speaker, there are some news reports that are very discouraging for our planet. In my region, people are upset about the Goldboro project. People in the Montérégie region and the Eastern Townships recently learned that the Alberta natural gas company Pieridae is currently lobbying the federal government and MPs to obtain public money for the construction of a port and a natural gas liquefactio…
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Madam Speaker, the Bloc Québécois firmly believes that a number of measures will have to remain in place until certain sectors have fully recovered from the crisis. The culture and tourism sectors, for example, will suffer the effects of the crisis for longer. I invite my colleagues to think about what my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé said; he said that we need to strike a balance. Many entre…
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Madam Speaker, my esteemed colleague and seatmate, the member for Berthier—Maskinongé, is a tough act to follow. Since he was a teacher, he knows that repetition is the key to success, and that is what we need to do. My husband, who works in advertising, would say the same thing, so that is what I am going to do today. It is with excitement for the end of the year that I rise today to speak to Bil…
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Madam Speaker, I will try to give a brief answer. If I understood correctly, my colleague had a two-part question. First, he talked about seniors aged 75 and older who will get something. However, there are just as many seniors who will get nothing, because they are under 75. This means the government is completely turning its back on 50% of seniors. Do my colleagues know how much this would cost?…
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Madam Speaker, I think the government's spending power could be interpreted as “power to not spend”. Under the pretense of a crisis, the government does not want to reinvest in certain sectors, particularly health, insisting that it will see how things are after the crisis, that it will determine if, and how much, it can afford to invest. Is that spending power or “power to not spend”? One has to …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his very interesting speech. He showed us the many differences between Quebec and the Canadian provinces. I know that my colleague has taken a great interest in agriculture, in particular the next generation of farmers. There are very few supports in this budget for the agriculture sector, which is so important. In particular, there is nothing for the Quebec…
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Madam Speaker, interestingly enough, the first speaker asked a question about housing and said that the federal government had invested enough, while the second speaker spoke about health transfers. I just had a discussion with Marguerite Blais, Quebec's minister responsible for seniors and caregivers. She spoke about two things. First, she spoke about how the federal government did not want to in…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Mégantic—L'Érable. Both of our ridings cover part of the Eastern Townships. My colleague began his speech by talking about natural resources. Is he aware of the new Goldboro project that would cut through part of the Eastern Townships? Does he believe that we should be building a new pipeline now, in 2021, or should we be looking for green alternatives for …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to say that I will be sharing my time with the hon. member for Pierre‑Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères. It is with great frustration that I rise today to speak to the motion that was introduced on this Conservative Party opposition day: That, given that the Minister of National Defence has clearly lost the respect of members of the Canadian Armed Forces, including those at the h…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé for his question. I cannot for the life of me understand why the Minister of National Defence still has his job. I did not even have enough time in my speech to talk about all the other reasons nobody can possibly have confidence in him anymore. During my studies, I had a chance to interview military personnel. I went to Jonquière and I ta…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Repentigny for her comments. That is what we heard from the victims. I am thinking in particular about Ms. Raymond, who testified before the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. She still does not understand why she had to fight to have her case dealt with outside the Canadian Armed Forces. She managed to win because she was heard before a…
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Mr. Speaker, I am shocked to hear that 90% of the time the Liberals acted out of respect for the victims in committee. Where have they been over the past six years? We are being asked to take action. We are being schooled in confidentiality. If the Liberals had simply reread Justice Deschamps’s report, we would not be where we are today, and we would not be discussing something that was debated ye…
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Madam Speaker, first, I would like to say hello to the member for St. John's East, in Newfoundland and Labrador; I sincerely hope that he has a very happy retirement after he leaves Parliament. I congratulate him on all the work he has done, and he can leave with his head held high. I heard two things in his speech. One thing he talked about was Canada's reputation abroad. I would like to hear him…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and for the interesting debate this evening. For all the tea in China, no one will convince me that there is no pattern to the Liberal government's behaviour. It has a tendency to hide certain things and has shown a lack of transparency, and even a lack of ethics, in several matters. The recent WE Charity decision comes to mind, but there have been …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Kingston and the Islands for his remarks. However, I would like him to explain something to me. I believe that what we have just experienced is highly symptomatic of three things. First, this government is in contempt of democracy. Second, as I said earlier, this government has shown contempt by obstructing and lacking transparency on several issues. Third,…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. member from Saint‑Hyacinthe—Bagot, my always eloquent riding neighbour, for his speech. I took three things from his speech. First, my hon. colleague talked about the work in committee and in the House, where the government is acting more like a majority government than a minority one. The government forgot that the voters gave it a minority mandate. Second, by infr…
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Mr. Speaker, June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It is an opportunity to speak out about the suffering that some seniors experience. It is a problem that tends to be under-diagnosed. Many people suffer abuse and mistreatment, but they do not even identify their situation and are afraid of reprisals if they report their abusers. Therefore, June 15 is an ideal opportunity to raise public awa…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte for his speech, in which he talked about the reckless spending that could lead to uncertainty. I would ask my colleague to think about this. Would it actually not be the lack of predictability for our businesses, particularly in terms of the income stabilization programs, that would lead to this uncertainty? Certain sectors are …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Joliette for his speech. He spoke in particular about the Canada emergency wage subsidy, which was used a lot in my riding to help businesses like those in the Granby industrial park get through the crisis. I would like to come back to a somewhat troubling statement made by a Liberal colleague. He said that a political party can be compared to a business that…
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I understand, Madam Speaker. The Liberal government continues to deny the facts. When other employees were summoned by the House, the Liberals chose instead to send the Minister of National Defence and said that they would prevent their employees from testifying. Members should recall that the Conservatives had already caught wind of allegations against General Vance. However, they still appointed…
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Mr. Speaker, there are some stories of solidarity that truly warm the heart. At the height of vine-pruning season at the new Girouard vineyard, Yoan, who is 14, had a serious skateboarding accident that left him lying on the side of the road with severe head trauma, as well as other injuries. His friend Kayla, who was on her way to meet him, found him and took it upon herself to run one kilometre …
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Madam Speaker, today I am speaking to Motion No. 58 as the Bloc Québécois critic for the status of women. From the outset I want to state that our party will vote against this motion. Nevertheless, I want to reiterate loud and clear in the House that I am a feminist. It is clear that this motion is completely useless since the government has already asked the Department of National Defence to inte…
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Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-234. Since my colleague from Joliette already announced it in a previous speech, it will come as no surprise when I say that the Bloc Québécois will vote against Bill C-234. We have serious doubts about the effectiveness of such a bill and feel it would only push people to spend more on security systems that would not actually make them safer. This bi…
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Madam Chair, I thank my colleague from Yukon for his intervention. It is clear that he cares deeply about this evening's debate, which I hope will spur action and progress. I hope this evening will be as constructive as possible, so that we can undertake a nation-to-nation dialogue with indigenous peoples and communities with the utmost respect. The budget allocated $33.8 million to address the Tr…
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Mr. Chair, I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his speech. Tonight's debate is very emotional. We all feel it. The hon. member told us that he is a father. As an aunt and status of women critic, my thoughts obviously go out to the mothers of these 215 children. What is sadder still is that we know that this is just the tip of the iceberg. That is what prominent representatives of indigenous c…
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Madam Chair, I thank my colleague from Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo for her speech. I also want to remind the House that the horrific discovery was made in her riding. I therefore offer her and her constituents my deepest sympathies as a member of Parliament. I had the opportunity to visit Kamloops last summer, and I could really feel all the symbolism and importance of indigenous peoples in the city…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Sydney—Victoria for his speech. Indigenous languages are so beautiful and poetic. They are a treasure, and I hope we can work to better protect them. I would like to hear what my colleague thinks about what one of my Conservative colleagues said about Bill C-15. This bill would have been a great way to open a dialogue with indigenous communities in order to p…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Manicouagan for her emotional speech. I know how connected she is to the indigenous communities in her riding. Today's debate is about reconciliation and a day of commemoration. How might this day help us understand that there are still far too many women who are victims of violent crime in indigenous communities? Indigenous women have a higher than average…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague from Jonquière for his speech. In his speech, he highlighted the Bloc Québécois's work on two very important files, seniors and health transfers. He also spoke about the green recovery. We both want to represent the interests of Quebec. I think that support for the forestry industry is another area that he is very invested in. I would like him to tell us mo…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He talked about a number of things, including help for seniors. At the moment, groups that support seniors are unanimous on this issue, as are members of Parliament. It was in the news again today. How can he justify his party's choice to leave a whole group of seniors out in the cold? These seniors are sounding the alarm. They say they need help…
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Mr. Speaker, people are still angry about the Prime Minister's decision to increase old age pensions for seniors 75 and over. Today, FADOQ, the Canadian Association of Retired Persons and the National Association of Federal Retirees have all three condemned the creation of two classes of seniors. FADOQ president Gisèle Tassé-Goodman said, “Financial insecurity does not discriminate based on age”. …
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Mr. Speaker, some people have been overlooked. Everyone agrees that pensions need to be increased for all seniors aged 65 and above. FADOQ, the Canadian Association of Retired Persons and the National Association of Federal Retirees are asking for this today. All the parties in the House are demanding it. Everyone agrees, except the Liberal Party. The Prime Minister is alone. He alone is insisting…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for this morning's debate, which will be very short. As the critic for the status of women, I would have liked to see the government have the same sense of urgency when it came to applying the recommendations of the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls as it did this morning for Bill C-15. How much time has be…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech on this important bill, Bill C-15. This is 2021. It is about time that we recognized and complied with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. I hope to see meaningful action, such as the implementation of the recommendations from the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Gi…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to say a few words. Turning votes into confidence votes strongly suggests that the Liberals want to call an election. I would also like to talk more about how the Liberals' actions since taking office are an insult to democracy. The member mentioned that the Liberals added sittings last summer, but she left out the fact that they prorogued Parliament. Prorogation is a s…
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Madam Speaker, I would ask for a recorded division on the motion.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his intervention, and I offer him my deepest condolences on the loss of his father during the pandemic. This clearly shows the importance of reinvesting in our health care system to take care of people. I would like to hear his thoughts on that. Unfortunately people have died because of the crisis, and it has highlighted the need to make health care a priori…
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Madam Speaker, my hon. colleague from La Prairie, who is on the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs, did a great job of explaining this morning that there was a minor disagreement within the Liberal Party. The committee members all supported the idea that there should not be an election during the pandemic, but the Liberals ended up introducing Bill C-19 with a gag order. It is an af…
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