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Mr. Speaker, the first point is the promise. The Prime Minister promised that we would have the fastest-growing economy in the G7. The second point is the results. GDP growth for November was 0%. In fact, the GDP is expected to decline in the fourth quarter. The automotive sector is down 12.6%. The forestry sector is down 2.8%. The third point is the consequences. Businesses are delaying plans to …
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Mr. Speaker, our seniors built this country and they paid taxes their entire lives, and yet some of them are having to wait up to eight months to get their OAS cheque. That is unacceptable. There is missing or inconsistent data on the 7.4 million seniors whose files were migrated to new software. Since 2015, the government has hired 100,000 new public servants, but it is not working. Public servan…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals think it is funny when we remind them that the Prime Minister told Canadians to judge him by the price of groceries. Prices have doubled in 10 years. The plan is a failure and Canadians are not seeing any results. That makes sense because the Liberals are using the same recipe and hoping for different results. I am not sure if the Prime Minister has had to choose between …
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Mr. Speaker, as I said in my speech, we made some proposals to the Liberal government to take it a step further. We need to cut taxes even more so that we can put money back in the pockets of Canadians. That is what we are going to propose. We also wanted to eliminate the industrial carbon tax. We made some proposals on this side of the House. The ball is now in the Liberals' court.
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Mr. Speaker, that is exactly what we proposed. Currently, Bill C‑4 does not go far enough to put more money back in taxpayers' pockets. The proposed tax cut amounts to about $400 per year, which is not enough. We need to go further to put more money back in taxpayers' pockets. That is what the Conservatives will propose.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question, and I also want to thank him for making the effort to ask it in French. I really appreciate that. I want to reassure my colleague that when it comes to supply management, the Conservatives and the Quebec Conservative caucus will be there to protect farmers and support them in the future. To reiterate what I say in every one of my speeches, agricu…
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Mr. Speaker, food drives, company and organization dinners where people are asked to bring food, and roadside donation drives to raise money for our food aid organizations have well and truly begun. Lucky thing because demand is increasing significantly. The rate of food insecurity in Quebec has nearly doubled. The reality is harsh: food insecurity has gone up from 11% in 2019 to 20% in 2023 under…
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Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, I invite my colleague to visit the food banks right now to see all the people waiting in line. The situation is worrisome. The system is no longer working. Every month, 600,000 Quebeckers visit food banks. Fortunately, there are organizations and kind-hearted people, such as Clan Destins and many others, that are involved in my community. What I want to see is a …
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Mr. Speaker, as everyone knows, members on this side of the House want to significantly reduce taxes so that all Canadians will have more money in their pockets to help them cope with the cost-of-living crisis.
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Mr. Speaker, today, we are here to talk about Bill C-4, which seeks to make life more affordable for Canadians. My Conservative colleagues and I supported Bill C-4 at second reading. I think that all members agree that we need to put more money back in taxpayers' pockets. Since 2015, everything costs more and Canadians are working harder for every dollar they earn. It is more important than ever f…
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Mr. Speaker, after failing to reach an an agreement with the United States, the Prime Minister said, “Who cares?”. The Prime Minister backed down on the digital services tax without getting anything in return. I mean he got nothing in return for Canadians, because one day later, the Americans signed an $80-billion nuclear deal. Who did they sign it with? They signed it with Brookfield, the Prime M…
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Mr. Speaker, even the rating agencies are sounding the alarm. For the first time in 30 years, Quebec's credit rating has been downgraded. It is all because investment spending exceeds what Quebeckers can afford. This Liberal government is doing exactly the same thing with investment spending that exceeds what Canadians can afford. It has already maxed out our children's credit cards, our grandchil…
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Mr. Speaker, sadly, this morning, a baby who was abandoned in a bus shelter passed away. There are no words to describe how sad this is, and I am sure that all my colleagues in the House join me in hoping that that baby rests in peace. It makes me wonder what suffering the mother went through to reach that point. People are suffering. They are discouraged. They are struggling to find housing and t…
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Mr. Speaker, those are the facts. We are showing our support for the baby and the baby's family. That is what we are doing. We have to fight. We are talking about our people. I will talk about my people in Richmond—Arthabaska. The use of food banks has risen. Some people have created an organization called Clan Destins that provides food for children's lunch boxes. What are the Liberals going to d…
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Madam Speaker, my colleague is talking about numbers, and numbers do not lie. Right now, unemployment is rising across the country, and youth unemployment is at its highest level in 25 years. We need economic immigration to help entrepreneurs grow their businesses. That said, the Liberal government's decision to throw open the borders created a crisis, which we are seeing in the housing sector, th…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. He is a seasoned parliamentarian. Yesterday, we spoke about the CRA. Spending has increased 70% over the past nine years, and yet 80% of people are still not getting any answers. That is not good. What was the government's response to this issue? It said that it was going to increase the budget instead of identifying the problems and working to…
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate the member's question. I do indeed look forward to being able to delve deeper into the amendments that may be introduced during the study of Bill C‑12. I hope that it will be in connection with this reality, because the fentanyl crisis we are currently going through is absolutely devastating. It is killing Canadian men and women. Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe …
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Madam Speaker, we are here today to speak to Bill C-12, an act respecting certain measures relating to the security of Canada's borders and the integrity of the Canadian immigration system and respecting other related security measures. When Canadians are asked what feeling is most important to them, they say it is the feeling of safety. That is the basic feeling that Canadians need to have. Perso…
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Mr. Speaker, this is embarrassing. The Prime Minister has the nerve to talk about economics lessons. His Minister of Public Works and Procurement wants to give lessons? Deal. I will take the deal, and Canadians can judge for themselves. Here are the facts. The CRA's operating costs were $4.1 billion in 2015. After nine years of Liberal mismanagement, they are now $6.9 billion, a 70% increase. In r…
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Mr. Speaker, inflation continues to spiral out of control under the Liberal government. The government is spending more, and Canadians are the ones paying the price. Today, Statistics Canada announced that consumer prices rose by 2.4% over the past year. The situation is even worse in Quebec, where prices rose by 3.3%. What is more, the price of gas increased by 2.7% in Quebec. The Liberals' defic…
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Mr. Speaker, how can the Liberals applaud today? The Prime Minister himself has admitted to us that today is a very sad day. Let us look at the broken promises. He promised to create jobs. As it turns out, 86,000 jobs have been lost. That is a failure. He promised to grow the economy. As it turns out, we have the second-highest unemployment rate in the G7. That is a failure. He promised to catalyz…
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Mr. Speaker, is the Prime Minister aware that every dollar he spends comes out of Canadians' pockets? Is he aware that Canadians are on a budget but that they still cannot make ends meet? Is the Prime Minister aware that, since he took office, food prices have been rising steadily? Is he aware that over two million Canadians are using food banks every month? Is the Prime Minister aware that, since…
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Mr. Speaker, it was with great sorrow that I learned of the passing of Jean‑Paul Croteau, former mayor of Victoriaville, on September 21, 2025. That same Sunday, I tried to call him but got no answer. Little did I know that that would be the last message I left for my mentor. Mr. Croteau was the one who approached me in the early 2000s and asked me to become a city councillor in Victoriaville. He …
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Mr. Speaker, September 27 will go down in the history of sport in Quebec and Canada. First, Kim Clavel made history when she became Quebec's first female boxer to capture an IBF belt in two weight classes in her career. A few days ago, she won the IBF strawweight title. She demonstrated the strength, determination and resilience that have made her a world champion. That same day, thousands of kilo…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister has once again been caught plagiarizing. He is copying Justin Trudeau. No, the Liberals have chosen Justin Trudeau's top adviser. He is worse than Justin Trudeau. The Parliamentary Budget Officer was scathing. He called this “unsustainable”. The debt has skyrocketed, investment in Canada is in free fall and Canada has the worst growth in the G7. The result is that t…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said that Canadians should judge him by the cost of groceries. The Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed that the deficit would be double what was promised six months ago. Does the globe-trotting Prime Minister realize that every dollar he spends comes out of Canadians' pockets? Does the Prime Minister realize that the broken promise about doubling the deficit is ca…
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Mr. Speaker, I will take no lessons from the leader. I just set up a food program for schools in my riding with friends. I think there is a lesson to learn here for the leader. The Prime Minister told Canadians to judge him by the cost of groceries. Unfortunately for him, that has been a total failure. Beef is up 33%, soup is up 26% and coffee is up 22%. The Prime Minister has failed, his team has…
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Mr. Speaker, the minister is announcing spending without a budget. After six months of broken promises by the Liberals, who misled Canadians, the latter are paying the price. Core inflation is 50% higher than the target. The price of groceries is 75% higher than the target. Beef, grapes and sugar have gone up. I invite the Prime Minister to go to a grocery store to buy fruit, vegetables and meat t…
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Mr. Speaker, I am concerned, as are my Conservative colleagues. Canadians are concerned about the Liberals' broken promises. The Liberals are blindly spending without a budget. The results are going to be devastating when they finally table a budget one day. This is not a joke. Justin Trudeau was a real Scrooge McDuck compared to the current Prime Minister. The Liberal deficit will be double. Out …
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With regard to the government's effort to stabilize food prices in Canada: (a) what measures has the government taken; (b) what are the details of each measure in (a); (c) what is the cost of each measure in (a); (d) what is the breakdown of (c) by (i) operating expenses, (ii) capital expenses, (iii) transfer payments; and (e) have any consultants been contracted in relation to the effort and, if …
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With regard to the Canada Revenue Agency's efforts to combat tax evasion and tax avoidance since 2017: (a) which programs are currently active; (b) which programs have been cancelled; (c) what are the details of each program; (d) what is the cost of each program, broken down by year; (e) what is the amount of tax recovered from each program, broken down by year; and (f) what is the breakdown of th…
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With regard to the preparation of Budget 2025, broken down by month, since January 2025: (a) what is the cost incurred, broken down by government department; (b) what is the number of employee hours used; (c) what is the number of full-time equivalent employees who spent more than 75% of their time preparing the budget; and (d) what were the internal projected budget dates within the (i) Departmen…
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With regard to the Housing Accelerator Fund: (a) how much of the allocated $900 million has been released to municipalities in the province of Quebec; (b) what is the municipality, the date and the amount of each disbursement; and (c) how many housing units, funded by the Housing Accelerator Fund, have been completed within the province of Quebec, broken down by (i) municipality, (ii) number of be…
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Mr. Speaker, she does not know what the word "courage" means yet, but she personifies it. She does not know what determination is yet, but she embodies it. She cannot understand what resilience is, but she is a living example of it. She does not know what it means to stay calm yet, but she is a testament to it. Those words now have a name: Claire Bell, age three. Today, all Canadians and my collea…
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Mr. Speaker, the Auditor General's report is scathing. GC Strategies received $64 million from the Liberal government, but in many cases, there was no evidence that any work had been done. GC Strategies is a two-person company that has received $64 million since the Liberals came to power. The estimated cost of the ArriveCAN app was $80,000, but in the end it cost upwards of $64 million. That is n…
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Madam Chair, I am asking to know the projected deficit for 2025-26.
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Madam Chair, I am very pleased to be able to speak with my colleague on the government side. From 2014 to 2015, it took 42 days for the former Quebec finance minister, who is now the member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, to present a budget. My question is simple. Did the minister have a good conversation with his colleague about how to prepare a budget in 42 days?
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Madam Chair, can the minister give us a date?
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Madam Chair, if the minister is working so hard, it must be because he wants a balanced budget. His colleague, Quebec's former finance minister, now the member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, said that balancing the budget is not an obsession, but rather an obligation. I asked him the question earlier. I would like to know what the minister thinks about it.
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Madam Chair, I would like the minister to tell us in all honesty this evening that he is waiting until the fall to present the budget because it will be a catastrophic budget with a historic deficit. Is that the real reason why he is waiting until the fall?
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Madam Chair, if there is one thing I am certain of today, it is that I would be very surprised if I ended up being proud of the budget that will be presented. The fiscal year began on April 1. That was over two months ago. The minister is going to wait another four months before presenting his plan. Can he at least tell Canadians how much revenue has been collected since April 1?
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Madam Chair, with all due respect, I was not talking to the minister about the tax cut, but about the revenues collected by the government since April 1, 2025.
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Madam Chair, what is the projected deficit for 2025-26?
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Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to see my former colleague from the Quebec National Assembly here in Ottawa. At the time, when my colleague was Quebec's finance minister, he presented a budget within 46 days of taking office. What does he think of the time frame that is now being given to the federal Minister of Finance?
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberal member for Marc‑Aurèle‑Fortin said that a balanced budget is not an obsession but an obligation. Did the former Quebec finance minister speak with the current federal Minister of Finance?
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent question. This may be one of the few times that I agree with my Bloc Québécois colleague, but when it happens, I will say so. I agree with him because the government was expecting to get $20 billion in revenue from retaliatory tariffs, and now it is talking about $600 million. Suppose the Liberals manage to get $1 billion. They will still be $19 …
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians will be forced to buy low quality food that is not nutritious for children and does not help them grow. That is the saddest part. Young children need good food to develop healthy bodies. People need to be able to buy fruit and vegetables, meat and milk to properly feed their children, but they currently have to compromise on the quality of the food that they buy to feed thei…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind the Prime Minister that he is leading a minority government and that the majority of members of the House of Commons voted in favour of a spring budget. This morning, during debate on the Conservative motion, I asked a question but did not receive an answer. I will try my luck here. I have two simple yes-or-no questions. First, does the Prime Minister respect th…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his answer. Unfortunately, the answer is wrong. He talked about a budget in the fall, when the House asked for a budget in the spring. We are talking about an impending recession with a possible loss of 100,000 jobs, according to TD Bank. There are already full-time workers using food banks in record numbers. There is a rise in missed mortgage payments and a h…
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Mr. Speaker, let me begin by saying that I hope the Liberal government continues to steal good Conservative ideas, such as cutting taxes for Canadians and eliminating the GST for first-time homebuyers. I hope the Liberals continue to steal good Conservative ideas. However, the problem right now is that the Liberals are not making any budget cuts. How are they going to balance the budget? That is t…
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