Oral Questions
Mr. Speaker, despite an unprecedented home ownership crisis, with young families struggling to become homeowners, only five out of every 10 new homes built are intended for purchase. The rest are intended to be rentals. On top of that, 38% of builders are saying they have been forced to lay off workers this year, and 86% of them are concerned about the future of their businesses. Basically, the go…
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Mr. Speaker, before we talk about multiculturalism, before we even start to talk about immigration, and before we talk about policy, I think we need to talk about one basic point: What is a society that stands up for itself? A society is not just administrative areas. A society is more than an economy and monetary relations. It is also more than just a merging of individuals. A society is a shared…
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Mr. Speaker, for several years now, young Canadians have been finding it increasingly difficult to purchase their first home. Over the past decade under the Liberal government, home ownership among 30- to 34-year-olds has fallen by nearly 10%, and eight out of 10 Canadians say that buying a home is something only rich people can dream of. Not to mention that 90% of gen Z and millennials say they a…
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Mr. Speaker, here are some comments from citizens about Liberal policies: “Even earning $40 an hour, I can't set aside any savings anymore,” said Sébastien. “I earn $36 an hour, but as a single parent with three teens, I can forget about putting money aside. Every penny goes towards groceries,” said Patricia. “We don't need your handouts. We need money in our pockets,” said Carl. Some 93% of young…
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Mr. Speaker, that is quite something. In 2023, Justin Trudeau announced a plan for groceries. In 2026, the problems are the same and the Liberals are recycling the same measures but changing the name. When a plan creates more hardship, more debt, less wealth and less hope, we do not need a rebranding. What we need is a change in direction. After 10 years of Liberal rule, the results are clear. You…
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Mr. Speaker, in 2026, a family of four will have to pay up to $17,500 for food for the year, which is $1,000 more than last year. That affects everyone. After causing this inflation through their own policies, now the Liberals are feeling bad, so yesterday they announced apology cheques for some families to put a little money back in their pockets to help pay for their overpriced groceries. When w…
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Mr. Speaker, the latest data show that one in five Quebec renters has a hard time paying rent. This is a particularly harsh reality for couples in their working and child-rearing years. In the regions, municipalities are trying to do their part. Baie-Saint-Paul cut certain municipal taxes to help keep rent increases low. La Malbaie cut municipal spending to protect people's ability to pay. Will th…
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Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to pay tribute to André “Pépé” Voyer and thank him for the exceptional legacy he is leaving our family and the history of Quebec. From his early years in Abitibi to the present day, he has always been driven by a contagious energy for politics, notably by getting involved and supporting people like Guy Dallaire, Réal Caouette and even René Lévesque. He has remained…
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Mr. Speaker, I am tabling a petition signed by concerned citizens in Montmorency—Charlevoix and throughout Quebec. They are concerned because there is an ecological imbalance in the St. Lawrence River. For nearly 14 years now, the striped bass has been considered a protected species, but now these fish are too plentiful and are threatening other species and the river's entire ecological balance. O…
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Mr. Speaker, the latest report on food prices for 2026 reveals that, while 2025 was tough, 2026 is going to be even worse. According to the report, families will spend 112% more on food than they did 10 years ago, 86% of people are eating less meat because it has become too expensive and, next year, families will have to pay $1,000 more for groceries, the largest increase ever recorded in Canada. …
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister asked to be judged by the price of groceries. Once again, not only is he not keeping his promises, he is failing miserably at it. His policies are making Canadians poorer, while making him and his friends richer. When the Liberals came to power 10 years ago, groceries cost $159 per family per week; 10 years later, it is $338 per week, or $17,600 per year. When will …
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Mr. Speaker, today we are analyzing the 10th Liberal budget, the most expensive budget in Canadian history, costing $16 billion more than the Prime Minister promised on the campaign trail. I will begin by saying that there is nothing in this budget to address the problems facing families who are already struggling to make ends meet, nothing for young people who are contemplating their future with …
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Mr. Speaker, this morning, the Regroupement des offices d'habitation du Québec and the Alliance des corporations d'habitations abordables du territoire du Québec shared their deep concerns: The demand for social and affordable housing is skyrocketing and yet the Liberal response is more bureaucracy. The Parliamentary Budget Officer also confirms that the Liberals' big promise of 250,000 homes will…
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Mr. Speaker, it is quite funny to hear my colleague say that he wants to spend more time here. I think he has spent more time here than anyone else in the history of humanity. This budget is unacceptable. I was emphasizing that we need to invest more in Canadians' health, invest more in prevention. I am not using the term “invest” in the sense of spending. I am saying that we need to invest more a…
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Mr. Speaker, it is always interesting to see my Bloc friends say such things. In fact, they voted against the budget, saying it was a spendthrift budget, and the next day in the House, they asked the government to invest money in a private company in Quebec. One day, they say that it is terrible to spend so much. The next day, they say that the government is not spending enough on their colleagues…
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Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question, and I like comparisons. In the private sector, companies may sometimes run deficits because they are investing in the future and engaging in development activities. However, nobody in the private sector loses money every year for 10, 11, 12 or 15 years and pats themselves on the back for it. Never getting back to balance and accountability is a major mis…
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Mr. Speaker, the fishers of Montmorency—Charlevoix, and particularly those from Isle-aux-Coudres who are the subject of today's petition, are facing a situation that makes no sense. The number of striped bass, which is a protected but unregulated species, has increased so much that it is now destroying the entire ecosystem of the St. Lawrence River. Striped bass are out of control, and they are ve…
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Madam Speaker, once again, I will give a very quick answer to the question. The Ethics Commissioner is having a hard time ensuring that our Prime Minister is not breaking his own ethics rules. I do not think that a new commissioner is going to solve anything for first nations. That is not going to help us move forward. If we want to move forward, we need to work together, keep our word and make mi…
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Madam Speaker, my answer will be very simple. First, it is up to ministers to make sure that they are doing what they said they were going to do. There is no point in appointing a commissioner who has no power, unlike a minister. Second, I disagree. I did not just talk about bureaucracy. What I said was that we want to make improvements in terms of program effectiveness, resources, training, trans…
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Madam Speaker, respecting communities means listening to them and ensuring that we work with them. From what I am being told on the ground, for the past 11 years, treaties have not been signed or respected and there has been no accountability. I think the first thing to do when we want to ensure that communities are respected is to take action and keep our word. The Conservatives will always be th…
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Madam Speaker, it is always very interesting to hear my colleague opposite quote his own boss, who says “Who cares?” more often than we do. Yesterday, I spoke to someone who is on a band council. This is what he told me: “Never forget that every nation has its values and every nation has a different culture.” The Liberals tell us that they consulted everyone, but the reality is that this is a comp…
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Madam Speaker, today we are discussing a fundamental principle: the relationship between the state and indigenous peoples. This relationship is not an exercise in bureaucracy. It does not call for a new organizational chart to be created or a new position to be established in Ottawa. It is a relationship based on honour, based on commitments made and based on the ability of the government to live …
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Madam Speaker, the devil is in the details. Yesterday, the Liberal government made a series of announcements in Alberta, and the Prime Minister once again found a way to benefit himself. He announced a carbon capture plan. Which outstanding company has the technology for this kind of megaproject? Brookfield does. If Brookfield makes money, the Prime Minister makes money. Each announcement seems li…
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Madam Speaker, Black Friday is here, but there are no deals for Canadians. This week, we found out that the Liberals gave $528 million to the European Space Agency, 10 times more than the amount specified in the previous agreement under the former prime minister. Guess who owns 50% of the European Space Agency campus? That would be Brookfield. Once again, the Prime Minister is putting his personal…
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Mr. Speaker, the conflicts of interest involving Brookfield are not easy to manage. The Clerk of the Privy Council said that it practically required full-time teams to manage the Prime Minister's conflicts of interest. The Clerk even sold his own shares in Brookfield to focus on doing his job properly. The Prime Minister's chief of staff revealed that he has to speak to the Ethics Commissioner eve…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister promised to keep his elbows up. After failing to reach an agreement on tariffs with the United States he said, “Who cares?” He backed down on the digital services tax, on retaliatory tariffs and on trade action over softwood lumber We thought he had achieved nothing, but in reality, he just achieved nothing for Canadians. Then the Americans signed an $80-billion nuc…
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Mr. Speaker, today the people of Charlevoix are sending a clear message to Ottawa by asking me to present this petition to the Liberal government so that Espace Hubert-Reeves can finally become a reality. Espace Hubert-Reeves in La Malbaie is more than just a science centre. It is a gateway to the universe, to the earth and to our future. Located in the heart of the 400-million-year-old Charlevoix…
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Mr. Speaker, in Quebec, families are struggling to pay for groceries. In Montmorency—Charlevoix, workers and pensioners have to choose between food, transportation or housing. Every dollar spent by this Liberal government comes directly out of taxpayers' pockets. What is more, the government is adding to their burden with hidden ideological food taxes, the industrial carbon tax, the plastic packag…
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister is a champion of tax evasion. Last week, at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, we learned that Brookfield is one of the companies that evades the most taxes in Canada. Not that long ago, our Prime Minister was at the head of that company. Over the past 15 years, the company has paid less than 5% in taxes in Canada, and in the last f…
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Madam Speaker, that is a very good question. Making wise use of our time seems to me to be a clear national issue at the moment. It is a priority, and it is extremely important in order to represent the people. Our country is experiencing a crisis of democracy. We need to reassure those who no longer have faith in our institutions. They need to hear that we are taking their concerns and questions …
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Madam Speaker, on this side of the House, our job is certainly to ensure that the virus does not spread. As I said at the beginning of my speech, for one of the first times in history, we are looking at the current Prime Minister's assets and interests. The current situation is not forcing our country's economic development, but I think we need to do it. This morning, we heard testimony from the f…
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Madam Speaker, that just underscores something of paramount importance. If we have reached the point where people are asking these questions in the provinces, I think it is extremely important that we ask them at the federal level. This further supports my argument that democracy is currently under threat. It is high time that our policies served to reassure the public. We need to overcorrect and …
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Madam Speaker, the laws that we pass in Parliament govern our society, including the Conflict of Interest Act. We have specific rules to oversee such conflicts, along with disclosure mechanisms, compliance measures and the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. The committee's mission is essential, and we must carry it out scrupulously, not complacently, to ensure that th…
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Mr. Speaker, a study has shown an alarming increase in anxiety and depression among our young people. Nearly one in four young people rate their mental health as poor and more than 80% experience constant stress about their future and finances. At a time when economic uncertainty is taking its toll on young people, is it not a bit irresponsible of the Prime Minister to tell them that it is up them…
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Mr. Speaker, we are talking about one in five young people who feel as though they are in financial peril and who think about that every day. Inflation is eating away at every dollar, and rent has increased by 10% in Quebec. It is not surprising to see our young people losing confidence in the future. One in four young people are experiencing psychological distress. This economic crisis is turning…
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Prime Minister told a room full of students that they would have to make sacrifices, but they have already been making sacrifices for the past 10 years. They are sacrificing the dream of owning a home. They are spending too much of their money on groceries. Many of them could not even find a job this summer. My question is simple. Will the Liberals finally stop breaking…
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Mr. Speaker, it is not that we have a narrow vision for the country; we simply have a fair vision for our young people, who are no longer able to access affordable housing, who cannot find work and who are being hit hard by inflation and rising grocery costs. Those things put very real pressures on their physical and mental health and on their hopes for a bright future. Just yesterday, in a sombre…
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Mr. Speaker, in Quebec, rents have jumped by nearly 10%, double the Canadian average. We know that families spend nearly half of their income on housing and food. It is a worrisome trend. Meanwhile, the Liberal government continues to fuel its inflationary deficits, which are driving up the cost of everything from groceries to gas and housing. After 10 years of deficits and broken promises, famili…
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Mr. Speaker, families, seniors and business owners in Montmorency—Charlevoix can no longer make ends meet. Economists are saying that we are in a recession. The cost of housing has skyrocketed. There has been an almost 10% increase in rent in Quebec, while interest rates fuelled by the Liberal deficits are crippling owners and SMEs. The Liberals promised to look after middle-class families, but in…
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Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers have always been proud to live in safe communities. However, the most recent statistics show a significant rise in crime, particularly violent crime and home invasions. Tourism is important in Montmorency—Charlevoix. Tourists tell us time and time again how safe they feel in my region. The rise in crime is a worrying trend. Prevention is important in health, but it is also …
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Mr. Speaker, that was yet another answer about the future. We all know the expression about crocodile tears. The Liberals caused the problem, and now they are saying that their hearts go out to the victims of that problem. Canadian and Quebec families do not want empty words and superficial compassion. They want meaningful action against crime and strong, effective and ambitious measures that will…
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Mr. Speaker, governing means looking ahead. Well, when it comes to justice, the Liberal government is not looking ahead very much. Its soft-on-crime laws allow the same violent criminals to be released over and over again. When an individual is arrested 30 times, violates his conditions more than 15 times and is charged with domestic violence six times, no one should be surprised when irreparable …
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Mr. Speaker, Canada has long been a country where families could walk the streets in peace, a country where people could get a coffee, go to the grocery store, go to the gym or even go out on the town without fearing for their lives. However, after 10 years of Liberal attacks on our justice system, our country is becoming increasingly violent. There has been a 55% increase in violent crime, a 30% …
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Mr. Speaker, the cost of living is out of control and people are stretched thin. Food inflation has reached 70% over the Bank of Canada target and families are paying hundreds of dollars more every year for staples such as meat, fruit, vegetables and coffee. The price of coffee has gone up by 23% over the past few months. This also threatens an industry that supports hundreds of thousands of worke…
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Madam President, I would like to quote a well-known Quebec influencer and entrepreneur: “$126 for six steaks, with no side dishes, nothing, and on top of that, you have to cook it yourself. It's ridiculous!!! A package of meat at $55 per kilo. Who can afford that?” He is not alone. Yesterday, the Parliamentary Budget Officer said that the situation is shocking and unsustainable. Will the Liberal g…
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Madam Speaker, we are incredibly fortunate to live in a bilingual country. Bilingualism is an asset that sets us apart on the international stage. French is not just an historical language. It is a living language that carries our culture and our collective voice everywhere. Canada needs to broaden its economic horizons. We hear a lot about the need to build ties with other nations and expand trad…
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Madam Speaker, good nutrition is one of the mainstays of a long and healthy life. In recent years, however, eating properly has become unaffordable. Food prices have climbed by 40% in the past 10 years under this inflationary Liberal government. Fruits and vegetables have become a luxury. Buying good protein is now a budget buster. Does the Liberal government realize that jacking up food prices is…
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Mr. Speaker, grocery prices in Montmorency—Charlevoix are skyrocketing. To understand this phenomenon more clearly, I called Simon Plante of Polyculture Plante, on the Île d'Orléans, the 2024 winner of Quebec's award for outstanding young farmers. This young man knows his stuff. He told me that the red tape is overwhelming. New regulations come out every year. Transportation costs are exploding. T…
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Madam Speaker, the Conservative Party is currently reviewing the bill. We will ensure that it truly complements the existing legislation. We are not closed to anything. We are open to discussion, but we believe that this bill needs to go a little further. Before introducing a whole host of minor details, the government should uphold the existing laws and ensure that they are enforced before going …
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Madam Speaker, I am always proud to represent the people of Montmorency—Charlevoix. I travelled around my riding all summer and I met with people. I went on a whistle-stop tour of all of the towns. Obviously, people talked to me about the issues that are on their minds right now, particularly access to housing, grocery prices and inflation. They also talked to me about the feeling of safety we hav…
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