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Private Members' Business
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to speak to Bill C-205 because I come from a riding where agriculture is so important and agri-tourism makes such an enormous contribution to the vitality of Shefford. The Bloc Québécois supports the principle of this bill because we have always stood with farmers, who would not be able to survive if they did not treat their animals properly. I grew up wit…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from North Okanagan—Shuswap for his speech. I think we share the same view on the need to fight corruption and avoid losing billions of dollars more, like what happened with the WE Charity scandal. We need to keep all of our money here in order to reinvest it. I would like to hear my colleague's comments on the control of the budget. We agree that we need an econo…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles for his speech, in which he spoke about health care. This is a very relevant topic these days, given the pandemic. If we want to provide better care, we need more money, as my colleague pointed out. A special committee on WE Charity would have been able to shed light on some aspects, review the spending and determine how muc…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. minister for his explanation about his Bill C-21. I would like to ask him a question. I had a chance to meet with members of a group called PolySeSouvient, who told me that they felt the bill was flawed. Lots of people are not happy about this. My colleague said that some cities are prepared to deal with handguns. Other municipalities, however, do not want them at a…
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded vote.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. However, I would like to hear his thoughts on something his colleague from Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation tweeted. He boasted that senior couples got a one-time payment that was higher than the Liberals' election promise to increase old age security by 10% starting at age 75. Talk about intellectual dishonesty. How can the Liberals compare a one-time …
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague from Saint-Jean, who is participating virtually, would like to ask a question, so I am going to give her my time.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Orléans for her speech, which conveyed her dedication to seniors. However, I would like to make a few minor corrections. There are two main reasons we rejected the Speech from the Throne, which she talked about in her speech. First, she spoke about standards for long-term care. In addition to the Bloc Québécois, the Quebec National Assembly and the Government…
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Mr. Speaker, the mask the member is wearing is making it very difficult for the interpreters to do their job.
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Mr. Speaker, yes, I rise on a point of order regarding the interpretation services. It is very difficult for the interpreter to understand what the hon. member is saying.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech and his concern for seniors. After listening to my colleagues' speeches since this morning, I get the impression that we are living on two different planets, Quebec and the rest of Canada, particularly on two fronts. We were told that seniors received a cheque for $300 this summer and that those who receive old age security got an additional $200. S…
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Madam Speaker, as I have already said, we want old age security to be increased by $110 a month. That is the part that is taxable. For wealthier seniors OAS will be clawed back anyway. By contrast, for the most disadvantaged seniors, we have already asked to increase the guaranteed income supplement by $50, or $70 for a couple. Yes, there will be some improvement in that regard, since we are aware…
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Madam Speaker, one of the costs that seniors talk to us about is the cost of Internet services. Seniors also tell me about the rising cost of prescription drugs and groceries. They do not talk as much about the tax increase associated with the carbon tax. That is not what seniors need. However, my colleague is right: The increase based on an absurd indexing system meant that seniors did not even h…
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Madam Speaker, as I said in my speech, there are lots of reasons why the seniors we have heard from do not understand the government's determination to do that at some point. I said “at some point”, because the Liberals say they plan to increase OAS. They made that promise during the 2019 campaign and reiterated it in the throne speech when we came back to work in 2020, but there has been no news …
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moved: That the House: (a) recognize that the elderly were most directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; (b) recall that too many of the elderly live in a financially precarious position; (c) acknowledge the collective debt that we owe to those who built Quebec and Canada; and (d) ask the government, in the next budget, to increase the Old Age Security benefit by $110 a month for those aged 65 …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Berthier—Maskinongé for his passionate speech on Quebec. It illustrated once again that the parties in Ottawa, with the exception of the Bloc Québécois, have a dangerous tendency to interfere in the jurisdictions of Quebec and the provinces and to not be transparent. At the end of his speech, my colleague addressed the issue of lack of transparency by refer…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech about his bill. I do however have some reservations about it. I come from a rural area. We decided to get rid of our home security system because the police told us that the area they must cover is too large for the number of patrols. It is fine to have an alarm system but if there are not enough police officers to respond, it is not very effective.…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. It seems we agree on the fact that there are problems with respect for Uighur rights. I would refer to the testimony of Gulbahar Jalilova, a Uighur rights activist and Kazakh concentration camp survivor. She was arrested while travelling in Xinjiang and accused of being a terrorist. She refused to confess to the charges and was imprisoned, tortured…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Port Moody—Coquitlam for her speech, which put a lot of emphasis on the horrible crimes against Uighur women. I will read you an excerpt from a testimony: In this example, they brought 200 prisoners to the hall, and they picked out one young girl, about 20 years old, and they forced her to accept the guilt for something that she never had done. She was cryi…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech in which he spoke a lot about the importance of human rights. He also raised the issue of feminism. I would like to remind this government, which claims to be feminist and to defend feminist values, that 80% of Uighur women are currently at risk of forced sterilization. Rape is being used as a weapon against them. With that in mind, does the gover…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to the motion in my capacity as vice-chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. The Standing Committee on the Status of Women examined the problem of human trafficking and recommended that February 22 be recognized as national human trafficking awareness day. We agreed that the committee chair would table the report in the House. I would still like t…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Scarborough—Guildwood. We work together on the All Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. We talked about poverty and the consequences of slavery. I would like my colleague to tell us what he would like to see done to better support the victims, the survivors of this tragic reality of human trafficking, a form of modern day sla…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Peace River—Westlock. Last summer, I talked about an organization in my riding, a resource and help centre for victims of sexual assault, which we call a CALACS. This CALACS had launched programs to support survivors during the pandemic. Unfortunately, the federal government provides only project-by-project funding, not long-term funding, so lots of organizat…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, with whom I am pleased to serve on the Standing Committee for the Status of Women. Providing victims with choices, and lifting them out of poverty and the cycle of violence, is key and crucial. We heard from witnesses this summer who talked about the impacts of the pandemic on women. They illustrated how some women lost their jobs during the pandemic and some eve…
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Mr. Speaker, I tend to fiddle with my microphone a lot, and that causes interference. I apologize to the interpreters. We are thinking of them and trying to find solutions. There was a lot in my colleague's question. First, I applaud her efforts at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics concerning the whole issue of Pornhub. I want her to know that I will be working wi…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a consistent and ongoing effort by my colleagues in the All Party Parliamentary Group to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. My colleague from Scarborough—Guildwood also spoke about Bill S-216, which addresses another issue that has more to do with supply chains. We are therefore dealing with different issues. As I said, we met with a group of women who talked to us about …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Drummond for his question, for his hard work. His question shows that he is aware of the plight of women and girls who have experienced sexual violence. Today we are just taking one step. Designating an awareness day is one thing, but passing legislation on this issue is a whole other thing. I agree with my colleague's suggestion that we must bring back a bil…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague talked a lot about artists, whose activities are often covered by the local media in our respective ridings. These artists have not received adequate support during the pandemic. While the Quebec government understood the importance of the local press and was investing in traditional and community media to get its messages across, the federal government was supporting t…
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Madam Speaker, we look forward to seeing the schedule and plans. As the pandemic drags on, seniors have been isolated in their homes for 11 months, unable to see loved ones. The virus is obviously a threat to their physical health, but the isolation is taking a toll on their mental health, as well as their financial health. Seniors have received the least amount of support from the federal governm…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Peace River—Westlock for his speech, in which he spoke about the importance of local content and a strong regional press. During the pandemic, my colleague from Drummond and I have met with local media representatives and representatives from a co-operative radio station. They shared their concerns with us, including concerns about community media. Although…
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Madam Speaker, the federal government failed to quickly procure COVID-19 vaccines for Quebec. In other words, the pandemic is going to last longer than it should. That is bad news for everyone, but especially for seniors. They are the ones who would have been vaccinated by now, but Quebec was forced to slow down its vaccination campaign in seniors' residences since it has nothing to inject them wi…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her comments on Bill C-10. She said herself that the act is being modernized at the expense of francophone communities. The other member who spoke just now also mused on the importance of “discoverability” for francophone culture. What does my colleague think of the Bloc Québécois's more specific proposal to allocate 40% of the fees collected from online dis…
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Mr. Speaker, today, I will speak to Bill C-220, an act to amend the Canada Labour Code, and more specifically compassionate care leave. As the Bloc Québécois critic for status of women and seniors, this is a subject that people come to me about on a regular basis. I will therefore talk about three aspects of it. First, I will talk about our party's position on this issue. Second, I will talk about…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Montcalm for the question. I do not know why. This has been going on for far too long already. That is why, in my speech, I talked about the power to withhold spending. Since the days of Paul Martin and Jean Chrétien, successive Conservative and Liberal governments have made cuts to health. Now they are trying to teach us a lesson and imposing national stan…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to remind my hon. colleague that health care is the jurisdiction of Quebec and the provinces. It is up to them to make their own decisions.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague. I have been working with him recently on the issue of modern slavery and human trafficking, a subject that we will be revisiting shortly. To answer his question, I would say that in the early days of the pandemic, the Bloc Québécois was the first to try to hold the Liberal government to account. How many times has my colleague from Joliette risen in the House t…
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Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill C-14 on the economic statement, which is extremely important during COVID-19. The bill seeks to implement certain provisions of the November 30, 2020, economic statement and other measures. I basically want to talk about three things. First, I will share our party's position on the measures for seniors. Second, I will speak about certain measures that a…
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Mr. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order. The interpretation is not working.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague briefly comment on what seems to be a recurring issue with the Liberals, namely a lack of transparency, as we saw with this agreement and also the WE scandal and vaccines. I would like her to briefly comment on the Liberals' dangerous tendency of not being upfront with Canadians.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke a lot about our fishery resources in his speech. However, one specific sector in Quebec has often been neglected under the last few trade agreements. I am talking about the agricultural sector and the breaches in supply management. The three most recent trade agreements opened up breaches in the supply management system. Producers are getting compensation, but it wi…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to continue along these lines. We have been talking about the issues that an independent Quebec would face, but what about all the issues that Canada currently does not address in international agreements to the detriment of Quebec?
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands, who cares a lot about social justice and wants everyone to do their part so that we can reinvest in programs to help those who need it most. Social justice and investments in social programs to help people are all good things, but we also need to track our public finances. As we saw during the COVID-19 pandemic, many measures were impl…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague mentioned two things that resonated with me as the Bloc Québécois critic for seniors. First, he stated that national standards are necessary and essential. We would like to remind the government that caring for seniors requires money, not national standards. The government must give our health care systems, Quebec's and the provinces', the means to take care of those wh…
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Mr. Speaker, every year in January the Alzheimer Society organizes an Alzheimer's Awareness Month. In order to shine the light on neurocognitive disorders and the impact they have on people, let us listen to the voice of the people with the disease and their families, as well as caregivers and health care professionals, particularly during this pandemic when they are more isolated than ever. Let u…
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Madam Speaker, no one here is calling into question what the army has already done, but I would like to talk about the issue of upfront funding. Maybe the reason the army was needed in long-term care homes during the first wave was that the Conservatives and Liberals have been cutting health care funding for years, and the federal transfers are not keeping up with the demands of Quebec and the pro…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order, as we no longer have interpretation.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been a while. Happy new year. My colleague did a great job explaining the importance of vaccine distribution and the latest estimates that are quite worrisome and about which we are getting no answers. The main concern in both Ontario and Quebec right now is the arrival of variants, which have been identified in some seniors' homes. Mr. Legault is concerned about the arrival of…
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Mr. Speaker, the government prides itself on being a great defender of seniors. I would therefore like to know what the consequences of this supply shortage are. Who are the first to get the vaccine? It is seniors. Who are the first victims of the vaccine supply shortage? It is seniors. Who are the ones who are still left alone and isolated? It is seniors. In the first wave, there was distress. Th…
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Madam Speaker, I never said I agreed with national standards. I was criticizing the Liberals' solution, which is to impose national standards instead of investing money.
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Madam Speaker, the member spoke a lot about that plan we keep hearing about and about how all Canadians will get vaccinated. Last weekend, Joanne Liu, a former president of Doctors Without Borders, explained how every delay and every moment that we wait and do nothing allow cases to multiply. Since Canada could see an increasing number of variants, even the smallest delay matters, whether it is a …
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