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Madam Speaker, I always love speeches from the member for Kingston and the Islands because I appreciate his honesty and sincerity. In response to one of my questions earlier he told the House that he was against buying the pipeline. It is amazing that he can say so even though his party was the one that bought it. He spoke about education, day care services, long-term care homes and standards in t…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I think she will agree that this motion is typical of the Conservatives. It is ideological, partisan and unrealistic. Still, it does spark debate. My colleague must admit that the government has failed miserably. The vaccine could have been created here in Canada. I do agree with my friends in the Conservative Party that this has been an abject fai…
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Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech. I think he raised some good points. He took a lot of shots at the Liberal government, and rightly so, but we are here to debate a motion that essentially says the government must “ensure that every Canadian adult has access to a vaccine by the May long weekend”. That is the motion we are debating today. I understand that we can talk abo…
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Madam Speaker, I want my colleague from West Nova to know that I really enjoy working with him. He is a man of integrity who works very hard for his constituents. Let us come back to the motion. Even the Liberals are saying to go ahead and criticize them, but to be real about it. We just heard a member across the way say that. Unfortunately, I agree with the Liberals that this motion does not get …
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Madam Speaker, I agree with my colleague: There are several flaws in the Liberal plan. We have known this from the beginning. The Conservatives wanted to implement a plan. However, I would remind the House that they tabled a motion calling for a reopening plan as recently as March 23, right before the start of the third wave. In terms of having a vision, we have to watch out for the Conservatives.…
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Madam Speaker, unfortunately, I think the hon. minister misled the House in her speech. Several of her Liberal colleagues have also done so today, when they used the argument that medications would not be unloaded. That is not true. First, 90% of medications delivered to Canada arrive by plane, landing at Pearson Airport. Second, the union has confirmed to the employer that any medications shipped…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. She knows her portfolio inside and out, she is passionate, and I thank her for that. I just heard a question from the member for Kingston and the Islands that is fundamental, because he was asking about the role of parliamentarians. I asked the Minister of Labour a question earlier, and she replied that it was a matter of life and death because m…
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Madam Speaker, I listened closely to the parliamentary secretary's speech, and I thank her for her speech. She talked about the health of society's most vulnerable members, such as members of the LGBTQ2+ community and women. My understanding is that Ottawa intends to take care of the health needs of the most vulnerable people. Does the parliamentary secretary not trust Quebec and the provinces to …
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Madam Speaker, the Conservatives like to brag about respecting provincial jurisdictions. My colleague and I both know what is missing from the budget. What is missing is an increase in health transfers to 35% on an ongoing basis. Premier Legault and the premiers of the other provinces have all called for this increase. The Conservatives say that they are listening to the premiers of Quebec and the…
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Madam Speaker, I could not help but smirk when I heard my colleague talk about the promises the government has kept. What about the government's key promise in 2015 on electoral reform? What about the government's promise to stop giving subsidies to oil companies? What about the government's promise to stop interfering in provincial jurisdictions? All I see in the budget is the government trying t…
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Madam Speaker, the member for La Prairie is a role model for me when it comes to both public speaking and economic policy. I am wondering if he has read the book Un gouvernement de trop, or “one government too many”, by Stéphane Gobeil. If so, could he explain the conclusion the book came to?
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Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Quebec for his speech. As he is also from Quebec, I would like to ask him a question. To date, no member of the Conservative Party has answered this question since I came to this place and started asking questions about the budget. The Conservatives seem to agree with us that health transfers to the provinces should increase on an ongoing bas…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from Steveston—Richmond East. I have the good fortune of serving with him on the Subcommittee on International Human Rights. It is a pleasure to work with him. I noticed that he talked about an election budget in his speech. I could not agree with him more. The Liberals are about as subtle as a fire truck. They plan to send a $500 cheque to seniors aged 75…
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Madam Speaker, I apologize for the technical difficulty. I thank my colleague for her speech. She really focused on this budget's feminist approach. Of course, one sector in which the majority of the workers are female is health care, so I would like to know why the Liberals rejected the amendment to the amendment, which would have increased health transfers. Why did the Liberals turn this into a …
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. The one topic that the Conservative Party and the Bloc Québécois absolutely agree on is that health transfers must be increased. My Conservative colleague spoke about this in his speech. Earlier, my colleague from Saint-Jean asked our colleague from Calgary Nose Hill a question. She asked why the Conservative Party voted against the Bloc Québécoi…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for her speech. I listened carefully while she explained a number of things, and I heard her say what the Conservatives would do. However, she did not mention whether the Conservatives would commit to increasing health transfers, something that is sorely absent from Bill C-14. Will the Conservatives commit to increasing health transfers to 35% of health care …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I think we cannot talk about or debate Bill C-14 without addressing the elephant in the room. That elephant is the absence of health transfers in the bill. Quebec and the provinces have been calling for these transfers for a very long time now. We know where the Liberals stand on this. We have long known that they do not agree, that they never will…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands. I always appreciate her speeches. They are always very interesting, and the arguments are sound. I heard her say that, as parliamentarians, we are responsible for the purse of Quebeckers and Canadians. That is true, and I agree with her. She also said that the government lacked transparency. Again, I agree with her. However, we know wh…
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Mr. Speaker, on January 27, the House of Commons unanimously called on the Minister of Immigration to grant citizenship to Raif Badawi. Two months on, nothing has happened. Mr. Badawi is still in a Saudi jail, and he is still not a citizen. The Minister of Immigration has the legal power to act and could do so this very minute. He has had two months. I asked him about this yesterday and the day be…
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Mr. Speaker, I would remind members that the request of the House to grant citizenship to Raif Badawi was unanimous. That unanimity includes support from the Prime Minister. To recap, Mr. Badawi's family and his lawyer asked that he be granted citizenship, the House of Commons unanimously agrees, the Minister of Immigration agrees, the Prime Minister agrees. Seriously, if everyone agrees, why is M…
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Mr. Speaker, this past Saturday was the International Day of La Francophonie. I want to take this opportunity to underscore the collaboration and friendship between Quebec and the other francophone states around the world. Every March 20, 300 million francophones celebrate the common bond shared by the French-speaking member states of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. This is one…
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Mr. Speaker, on January 27 the House of Commons unanimously called on the Minister of Immigration to grant citizenship to Raif Badawi. On February 16, I wrote to the minister to remind him. It is now March 23, and I am still waiting for an acknowledgement, but, more importantly, Raif Badawi is still not a citizen. When I asked the minister yesterday, he told me that he would continue to work with …
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Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague on his improving command of French. I know that the minister is talking to Irwin Cotler, Raif Badawi's lawyer. Mr. Cotter is a former Liberal justice minister who has represented other political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela. I want to emphasize that because there must not be any partisan games in this matter. We are here, all together, to help a m…
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Mr. Speaker, that was not the question. I find that answer is disrespectful to Mr. Badawi, his wife, his family and his children and even to this House. Every member is calling on the minister to grant citizenship to Mr. Badawi. This week, even the Senate wants to join the movement by adopting exactly the same motion as the House. The minister has the discretionary power to grant citizenship to a …
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Mr. Speaker, on January 27, the House of Commons unanimously adopted a Bloc Québécois motion to call on the Minister of Immigration to grant citizenship to Raif Badawi. However, almost two months later, Mr. Badawi is still in prison in Saudi Arabia, and he is still not a citizen. My question is simple. What has the minister been doing for the past two months? Why is Raif Badawi still not a citizen…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be pleased to repeat the question, and this time, I hope the member understands it. On January 27, the House of Commons unanimously adopted a Bloc Québécois motion to call on the Minister of Immigration to grant citizenship to Raif Badawi. That was nearly two months ago. Mr. Badawi is still in prison in Saudi Arabia, and he is still not a citizen. My question is simple. What ha…
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Mr. Speaker, I cannot help but think that what just transpired was a little arrogant. As if a parliamentarian would write proposals on the back of napkin. I have no desire to get mixed up in all that. I thought it was especially arrogant when my colleague said in her speech that the provinces are incapable of providing services, that they need to take action and do things properly, that only the C…
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Madam Speaker, I really enjoyed the hon. member's speech. Last spring, the Canadian Armed Forces carried out Operation Laser in long-term care homes. The report that was written indicates that the problem was not the standards themselves. The problem was that the standards were not met because of a lack of funding. Recently, the Quebec National Assembly unanimously adopted a motion denouncing the …
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Madam Speaker, I was caught off guard by my colleague's closing statement to the effect that Alberta is a leader in the world when it comes to the environment, but I will pull myself together and start my speech. Bill C-231 is a worthwhile bill, and I thank my colleague from Cowichan—Malahat—Langford for introducing it in Parliament. I think one of the best ways to reduce our greenhouse gas emissi…
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Madam Speaker, what a great debate we are having today. It is funny to hear my colleague say that we should not bring up long-ago governments when he himself talked about Brian Mulroney in 1988. I had to laugh a little when he said we should not talk about former governments. Even so, my colleagues will be surprised to hear that I agree with my colleague. That is one for the history books: a Bloc …
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Mr. Speaker, I am extremely pleased to speak in the House today to the bill introduced by my colleague and friend the hon. member for Jonquière. Almost everyone thinks the environment is important. In fact, the environment means as much to people as apple pie. I think everyone likes apple pie, therefore everyone likes the environment. Since we have limited time to debate I will get to the point. T…
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Madam Speaker, we were just treated to quite a string of words that were meant simply to evade the question of whether the Minister of Foreign Affairs supports the motion. The minister's Liberal colleagues who sit on the Subcommittee on International Human Rights have used the term “genocide”. Three of his Liberal colleagues have signed an open letter that was released on February 6 entitled “The …
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague from Montarville for his speech. Since he paid me a compliment, I will reciprocate by saying that his speech was powerful, eloquent and sound, and I congratulate him. I am extremely thankful to be here in the House for what may be a historic debate. For this reason, it is especially important that we ask ourselves the following question: what side …
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Madam Speaker, it is an honour and a pleasure to work with the member for Saanich-Gulf Islands. I also want to thank her, as well as her colleague from Nanaimo—Ladysmith, for signing that letter. We can prove to this House that we are capable of working together, across party lines, on international human rights issues.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I think this is a situation that will occur more and more often. The International Olympic Committee has an obvious problem when it comes to choosing where to hold the Olympic Games. We know that it is becoming increasingly expensive to host the Olympics and that the countries that want to host them are often those led by a tyrannical governmen…
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Madam Speaker, I will try to reply quickly and to the best of my ability, and I will do so with the following quotation: “A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.”
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Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the long-standing commitment of the member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan to the plight of the Uighurs. The speech he just delivered conveys the passion that drives him, but it also shows how urgent the situation is, considering what is happening in Xinjiang. Canada has not always been on the right side of history. Let us not forget that Mackenzie King refus…
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Mr. Speaker, I really enjoyed my colleague's speech. He talked about a book that tells the story of young athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. As we know, today, I proposed an amendment to the Conservative motion, calling upon the IOC to move the Olympic Games if China continues its genocidal spree. That amendment was accepted. Some members disagree because they think that we should …
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Mr. Speaker, earlier, the government leader told us that he did not need the Bloc Québécois. Last week, all of the parties joined the leader of the Bloc Québécois in calling for the government to grant citizenship to Raif Badawi. All of the parties, including the Liberals, asked the Minister of Immigration to use his discretionary power to make the political prisoner a citizen. That would make it …
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Mr. Speaker, what a frustrating response for Ensaf Haidar. The minister did not even answer the question. In 2015, when the Minister of Foreign Affairs was in the opposition, he wrote that “the eyes of the world are on Canada to see whether the government will exhaust its diplomatic channels pushing for Raif Badawi's release.” Even the Prime Minister, when he was in the opposition in 2015, was hou…
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday the House of Commons finally joined the Bloc Québécois in unanimously calling on the government to grant Canadian citizenship to Raif Badawi. Quebeckers expect all members of Parliament to keep their word, and especially the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Before they came to power in 2015, they both demanded to know when Ottawa would act to get Raif Bada…
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Madam Speaker, that is a real shame, because I had a 10-minute speech prepared. Everyone thinks water is important. More people agree on that than on apple pie. I am drinking some water tonight, in fact. Everyone likes water, including my hon. colleague from Lac-Saint-Louis. He likes water so much that he wants Parliament to take time, lots of time, to study a whole bunch of freshwater issues. Our…
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Mr. Speaker, Bill C-14 is designed to make Canada-wide standards for long-term care a precondition for funding. I believe that this is also an idea from the NDP. However, the Canadian Armed Forces' report on its experience in Quebec long-term care homes last spring was clear. Many standards and rules on preventing and controlling contamination and on wearing PPE are already in place, but they fail…
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Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I believe that we did not clearly hear my colleague say that he would be sharing his time with the member for Repentigny. I believe that it was not clear.
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Madam Speaker, once again, I thank my colleague for the excellent work he does here in the House. His speech was extraordinary. The Conservatives' position on the oil and gas industry is clear. However, things are a little less clear on the other side of the House. On November 6, 2015, the member for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, who happens to be the heritage minister, saluted the Obama administration's …
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Madam Speaker, I want to thank the parliamentary secretary for his speech, which I listened to intently. He said he was disappointed by the Biden administration's decision to cancel the Keystone XL project. I understand his position, but in 2014 and 2015, the current Minister of Canadian Heritage of this same government sent a series of tweets—which are very easy to find and which I could send to …
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons for his speech. It is a pleasure to see him again and to hear his eloquent words. What I like about him is that he answers questions clearly, unlike his colleagues. I asked them a very simple question at the beginning of this debate, and now I would like to ask him that same quest…
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Mr. Speaker, this evening's debate is quite clear. Everyone knows the Bloc Québécois' position on Keystone XL, and the position of the Conservatives, the Green Party and the NDP. However, we are not so sure where the Liberals stand on this. I have asked the same question four times. The first time, I thought that my question had been misunderstood, and that was fine. The second time, I still gave …
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