Routine Proceedings
Madam Speaker, I am rather surprised by the member's comments and by the fact that he is proposing to delay the passage of this bill by failing to abide by our rules. The member gave a good description of the process in committee, where there are five‑minute speeches and then time for questions. That said, we also have the opportunity to hear from experts who present briefs, so we take all the tim…
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Madam Speaker, unlike the Bloc Québécois, members on this side of the House have zero doubts that culture is important, and we are ready to invest in it. We did so in the budget, yet they were against it. With the $600 million that we are investing in the industry and the $95 million that we are investing in exporting our industry, giving access to 120 international markets, we are fostering its d…
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Madam Speaker, I have a great deal of respect for my colleague, but today he seems to be all doom and gloom. Today, thanks to the Canada groceries and essentials benefit, we are providing $543 to a single person as a GST credit and $1,086 to a family of four. These are concrete measures that people on this side of the House are working on to help families and the most vulnerable. When will the Con…
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Mr. Speaker, last Sunday, I had the opportunity to attend the ceremonial parade of the 806 Sainte-Thérèse Air Cadet Squadron, which brought together more than 90 young cadets. What a great organization that teaches leadership, civic responsibility and teamwork. I would like to congratulate all the cadets for their participation and commitment, as well as Blainville's own Raphaëlle Chicoine for an …
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Mr. Speaker, as we saw during the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Canadian athletes show us what is possible when talent, hard work and opportunity come together. Today, we have the privilege of recognizing and thanking these extraordinary athletes here in Ottawa. Last winter, team Canada brought home 21 medals, finishing eighth in the overall standings, and at the Paralym…
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Mr. Speaker, as my colleague explained, Build Canada Homes is there for affordable housing. We are welcoming athletes to Ottawa today and making sport affordable through a $755-million investment to make sport accessible to all. We are developing projects and programs for our society on so many issues, including tax cuts. On this side of the House, we are taking swift action to help the people in …
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Mr. Speaker, it is clear that, on this side of the House, we are working hard for jobs. That is why, this week, the Prime Minister met with people from Enertec, a company that is facing difficulties because of the unjustified U.S. tariffs. The company's CEO, Julie Desrosiers, thanked the Prime Minister for promoting the buy Canadian movement in Canada and for all the innovation they will be able t…
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), and in accordance with the policy on the tabling of treaties in Parliament, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the treaty entitled “Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Republic of Korea on Cooperation in Audiovisual Coproduction”, done at Gatineau on April 22.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague the member for Les Pays-d'en-Haut for that excellent question. An investment of $755 million is great news for sport. Why do we need to invest in sport? First, it is to support our athletes. Second, it is to keep our young people off the streets and help them benefit from and find joy in playing together. Third, it is to help our seniors break their isolation an…
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Mr. Speaker, I am always surprised to see how the opposition focuses on the negative when there is good news. Sports are the cornerstone of our nation. Thanks to the spring economic update, we are making a generational investment of $750 million. This is the largest investment in 20 years. The people of Thérèse-De Blainville and that MP's constituents must be pleased to have this investment for th…
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Mr. Speaker, every job lost in the auto and trucking industries, particularly because of tariffs, is a loss for Canada. We are working hard to help auto and trucking companies pivot and adapt to new trade realities through the $5-billion strategic innovation fund. My departmental colleagues and I are in regular contact with Paccar and Unifor executives and the Government of Quebec to maintain prod…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for her hard work and her leadership. I want to add that my constituents in Thérèse-De Blainville urgently want this bill to pass. The bill must be referred to the Standing Committee on National Security. Does my colleague have confidence that we will be able to move forward quickly?
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my athletic hon. colleague for his question. The year 2026 is Canada's year of sport, and we are bringing the excitement of the World Cup to communities across the country. Through the “Canada Celebrates” tour, communities from coast to coast to coast will share in this moment of national pride. Our government is also investing to support the host cities and deliver a safe and…
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Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to pay tribute to a man who had a profound impact on the riding of Thérèse-De Blainville: Roland Dagenais, the founder of La Popote à Roland. Mr. Dagenais was ordained as a priest in 1954, and he soon became a fixture in his community of Blainville. In 1977, he was very concerned to see that too many seniors were living in isolation, and so he and members of the pa…
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Mr. Speaker, my riding of Thérèse-De Blainville was honoured to host the 60th Quebec Games from February 27 to March 7. For 10 days, our region was abuzz with excitement over sports, youth and personal achievement. Close to 3,000 athletes from across Quebec gathered together to push their limits and experience something unforgettable. Behind every competition and every medal, the solid support of …
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Mr. Speaker, some people in Thérèse‑De Blainville really know how to go above and beyond. Today, I would like to pay tribute to Serge Paquette, who has devoted more than a quarter of a century to serving the Town of Blainville. Throughout all those years, Serge has been much more than an elected official. He has been a supportive neighbour, a beacon in the community and a source of support for eve…
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Mr. Speaker, we agree that it is important to have affordable homes and housing. We are at 100 days of Build Canada Homes and it is producing results: We have an agreement with the provinces, including Quebec, to take action; six construction projects on federal property; and thousands of new housing units, 7,500 to be precise, including in Longueuil, Quebec, in Nova Scotia and in Ontario. The bud…
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Madam Speaker, I want to sincerely thank my colleague from Terrebonne for her question and her leadership within our government. Our athletes are true ambassadors, and as the single largest investor in Canada's amateur sport system, our government is proud to support the Canadian athletes now leading 41 million Canadians in a celebration of unity and pride. That was the reason we increased our ath…
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Mr. Speaker, clearly, as I mentioned in my speech, what happened is not acceptable. However, this has evolved through regulation, which has changed. We have a process now that ensures that the voices of citizens and the voices of municipalities are heard. No decision has been made up until now, and we need to listen and consult. More importantly, we are already on the ground, talking to all the st…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his remarks. There is no doubt that we, the members on this side of the House, are actively working with cabinet to always find solutions to address every aspect of this project. I want to point out that it is entirely appropriate to listen to Canadians and to their questions. What will the repercussions be? What are the steps involved? What has been confirmed…
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Mr. Speaker, what I want to say at this stage is I recognize the pain and the stories from the past. The motion will be put to a vote next week, so we will be able to make the decision collectively. In the meantime, obviously we can use the scars of the past that have caused so much suffering, but the Bloc Québécois must also bring a strong voice to the table to say that this project is important …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to sincerely thank my colleague for the question. We are still working on the ground, meeting with our mayors in the region. When I say that, I am not just talking about myself, but about Liberal members from across the region who are active on the ground. It is about meeting with businesses and farmers to listen to what should not be done, to ensure that Alto respects the proc…
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Mr. Speaker, clearly, the best way to apologize is to take action and to work with people on the ground. It is about building trust and working together. We acknowledge the pain caused by things that were done in the past. Of course, we must not repeat them. The laws have changed, and it is 2026. We are ready to listen to the people once again, to be on the ground, to have the discussions that are…
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we are sensitive to people's concerns, and we are taking action. I just want to mention that, with regard to Paccar, we have been taking action since October. We are working with the management team. Our Minister of Industry and her office are working on this. I am working on this. We did not need the Bloc Québécois to tell us that we needed to start working…
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Mr. Speaker, it is important to acknowledge that the expropriations in Mirabel are part of our history. We need to understand what it means to have lives disrupted, families displaced and communities torn apart. I was born on a farm, so I am familiar with the agricultural community. I do know what it means to have a farm. That being said, the laws have changed. Public consultations are held. It is…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Laurier—Sainte‑Marie. I rise today with great respect, because we are talking about a chapter that has had a profound impact on thousands of Quebeckers. The Mirabel expropriations are part of history. Lives were turned upside down, families were displaced, communities were torn apart and people had to leave their homes, their neighbours, s…
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Madam Speaker, I just want to thank our colleague who has just summarized so well the challenge posed by this terrible situation in our ridings. These are exactly the same realities we are experiencing throughout Quebec, and the concerns she raised are also the same in my own riding. I also thank her for her collaboration in committee, because we need to work together to advance legislation like B…
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Madam Speaker, I am a bit shocked by my colleague's comments. My constituents, like his I am sure, say that online predation, manipulation, cyberstalking, the distribution of intimate images and even the use of AI, including deepfakes, are very real threats and that our laws need to reflect today's realities. Why are the Conservatives dragging their feet when it is time to support this bill? I wou…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her many questions. My colleague may be right about using the words “our seniors”, but I am so fond of the seniors in my riding, and I care about them as though they were part of our extended family. Seniors have my utmost respect. I have had some very good discussions with seniors, who ask me loads of questions. They understand very well that our budget …
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Mr. Speaker, budget 2025 is a concrete, ambitious budget that is deeply focused on the needs of families on the north shore. In an unstable international context where our supply chains and businesses are facing strong pressures, our government is choosing to make significant investments to reduce the cost of living, modernize our infrastructure and strengthen our economy. In Thérèse‑De Blainville…
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Mr. Speaker, infrastructure is critically important. Members of Parliament and our cabinet have demonstrated the importance of investing in this infrastructure. We listen to our constituents, our mayors, and our city councilors. They told us that we need to address the infrastructure issue. Infrastructure supports the quality of life of our constituents and creates jobs in the regions, which are s…
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Mr. Speaker, I can look my constituents and my children and grandchildren in the eye. This is not a credit card budget, as the Conservatives like to call it. It is a budget that offers ways to find money to improve the quality of life of Canadians, while making investments in the future. When I put money in my children's TFSA and in programs, I know I am investing in their future. That is exactly …
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Mr. Speaker, Canada and Quebec have lost a visionary and a pioneer. The late René Dallaire was a man of courage, energy and optimism. An elite skier at 19, he became a quadriplegic after a brutal fall. With remarkable perseverance, he went on to earn his MBA, worked for 20 years as a chief financial officer and became the first Quebecker to use a head-controlled wheelchair. He was also active in s…
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Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2) and consistent with the policy on the tabling of reports in Parliament, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, Canada's combined second and third reports on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities dated November 7, 2022, including the 2025 concluding observations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Person…
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, it is important to maintain the industrial carbon tax to protect our climate and so forth. That said, the cost of living is the number one priority for our constituents, and we are working on that. This is a responsible budget that enables us to do so. When will the official opposition understand that we need to look at the factors that contribute to Canadians' success? We …
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Mr. Speaker, I am a little surprised that my colleague failed to understand, from the budget, that we did everything right to lower the cost of living: We cut taxes for 22 million middle-class Canadians, cancelled the consumer carbon tax, made the national school food program permanent, made federal benefits automatic, increased competition and reduced telecommunications costs. There are many othe…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the House that our debt-to-GDP ratio is the lowest in the G7, which gives us room for sound management and for investment. Is my colleague in favour of the “productivity superdeduction,” a set of enhanced tax incentives covering all new capital investment that allows businesses to write off a larger share of the cost of these investments right away so they can c…
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Madam Speaker, as Women's History Month draws to a close, I want to honour an outstanding Canadian trailblazer: Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill, commonly known as Elsie. In 1927, Elsie became the first woman in Canada to earn an electrical engineering degree from the University of Toronto. Two years later she became the first woman in North America to receive a master's degree in aeronautical eng…
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to Bill C‑245, which seeks to exempt Quebec from the application of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act. I want to begin by saying that I have the deepest respect for my Bloc Québécois colleagues and that I personally share our profound attachment, as Quebeckers, to our language, our culture and our identity. That being said, I consider this bill a mistake, bo…
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Mr. Speaker, we know that sport can transform lives, build confidence, create bonds and bring joy. Everyone deserves to experience that. Across Canada, thousands of athletes benefit from programs supported by passionate Special Olympics Canada volunteers and coaches who promote strength, pride, honour, courage and friendship, values that inspire us all. Today, let us join in celebrating the vibran…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to reassure Canadians that they are absolutely right to trust our Liberal government to protect their rights. Bill C‑11 modernized the Broadcasting Act to ensure that digital platforms, which play such an important role in how Canadians get their music and stories online, contribute fairly to supporting Canadian content. This bill in no way gave the government control over YouT…
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Mr. Speaker, censoring Canadians is obviously a non-starter since our government is in the business of upholding their rights. Bill C‑11 and Bill C‑18 were designed to restore a level playing field between the dominant digital platforms and Canadian producers and distributors of cultural and news content, respectively. These legislative measures do not tell Canadians what cultural products to cons…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be brief. Considering the sense of urgency, considering its importance to the future and to the victims and considering the need to find solutions, is my colleague truly willing to work with us to find solutions quickly and get this bill passed?
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his presentation, which summed up the geopolitical issues and all the challenges posed by certain governments that are more autocratic than democratic. This bill contains all the necessary parameters to protect people and data. I would also like my colleague to tell us what he thinks are the strengths of the institutions protecting us in Canada. There is …
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for her speech. I would like some reassurance. You said that this cybersecurity bill is important. You focused a lot on Sarah's story, and we certainly agree that it is important to protect people's privacy. To reassure the public, could you tell us what benefits you see in passing this bill? Will you work with us at committee to get it passed?
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Mr. Speaker, in a world where Canadians, such as the people of Thérèse-De Blainville, believe that our Canadian institutions are robust and that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is protected, the question is whether we need to do more to protect ourselves against cyberthreats. Is my colleague willing to work with the government to find the best solution to protect Canadians from cyberth…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to tell my constituents in Thérèse-De Blainville and the people in communities across our country that the life of each and every citizen is important and must be protected. With that in mind, it goes without saying that we are all working to enact legislation that will keep them safe. The government is working on it. I would like to know what consultations the Conservatives ca…
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Madam Speaker, this week, we are celebrating gender equality, and I would like to highlight the key role women play in leadership, specifically in Thérèse-De Blainville. I have two examples to share. First, I want to mention Julie Desrosiers, the leader of Enertec Rail Equipment, who is living proof that women can excel in technical fields. Then there is Véronique Desmarais, executive director of …
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Madam Speaker, I am delighted to hear my colleague from Rivière-du-Nord speak with such nuance. I must admit that there is a great deal of diversity of opinion when it comes to values in my riding of Thérèse-De Blainville, but there is a lot of harmony as well. We need to be careful about what we say. We must not give the impression that all immigrants bring problems. In a context where we have to…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk. In Quebec, we are keenly aware of this climate reality. However, I really want to highlight that our government is focused on making Canada an energy superpower, in both clean and conventional energy, and on improving our climate competitiveness, which reduces emissions while strengthening our economy. Discussions about cappi…
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