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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on his excellent speech. It is rather shocking to see that, throughout his speech, my colleague pointed out the lack of support for the forestry industry, which will be vital for the housing construction, but nobody on the other side has responded. What does my colleague have to say about that? When he says that the $1 billion is a good thing and a good sta…
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Mr. Speaker, indeed, everyone agrees that investments should be made in housing. The government is facing a terrible crisis that it needs to manage. Unfortunately, in the past, the federal government has always used these crises as an excuse to centralize power. We support building more housing, but we are concerned about Build Canada Homes. We are concerned that a centralizing structure will be c…
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Mr. Speaker, the bill addresses a very serious issue. We agree with many aspects of the bill. First, there is the seriousness of murder, of course. It is the most serious crime one can commit, and there are also different degrees. I am also grateful to my colleague for highlighting the importance of rehabilitation, even though that can be very difficult to imagine. However, with this type of bill,…
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Mr. Speaker, the war in Iran began while the Prime Minister was away on a trip. After backing Washington, he spent several days refusing to hold a press briefing with the media travelling with him. When he returned, he boycotted a debate on the conflict, even though the debate had been requested by the Liberals. He refuses to explain why he stayed silent regarding the Iranian strike against Canadi…
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Mr. Speaker, I want to reassure my colleague's husband. If 25 years have felt like 20 to her, that is a good sign for their relationship. It means that time is flying by. On a more serious note, I have a question for my Conservative colleague. I would like him to comment on the fact that the government is creating a new centralizing structure that will incur administrative costs, among other thing…
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Mr. Speaker, the Liberals cited operational security as a reason for their silence, but we are simply asking them for the same information that every other country discloses. It is only right to keep the public informed when Canada is attacked. This just raises further questions. The public does not know why the Prime Minister blindly supported Donald Trump. They do not know why he has been changi…
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Mr. Speaker, at the start of the conflict in Iran, Tehran launched dozens of air strikes. All of them were made public, except for the one on the Canadian military camp in Kuwait. Worse still, the Ali Al Salem base, which houses the Canadian military camp, was also hosting Italian forces. On the very same day, Italy shared the news publicly, but not Canada. Canada hid the news of this strike for t…
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Mr. Speaker, today I want to pay tribute to Françoise Hogue Plante, a woman who has had a profound impact on life in Louiseville. She was elected as a municipal councillor and served with exemplary consistency and generosity from 2009 to 2025, more than 16 years. Known for her close ties with citizens and her willingness to listen, she championed several key issues with conviction, including the l…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech. I respect her very much. I want to repeat the question I asked the minister earlier. Of course, we are in favour of the proposed change but, in our opinion, it is a fairly timid effort to change a law that is still sexist, discriminatory and the list goes on. Does my colleague not think that a next step needs to be taken to establish a true nation-…
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Mr. Speaker, imagine retiring and then not receiving an OAS pension for nine months. That is the kind of problem that 85,000 people are experiencing because of the Cúram software. What is more, the 85,000 is a figure dating from the end of January. The minister has not updated the figures yet. Let us hope that they have improved. However, on Monday, the president of the Professional Institute of t…
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Mr. Speaker, it cost $6.5 billion, so I hope it is the biggest project ever undertaken. It is getting expensive. There are 85,000 victims of errors related to Cúram. There could be more. No one knows for sure. Cost overruns amount to $5 billion. The Liberals keep insisting that there is no problem and tell us to read the reports. We are reading the reports. That is precisely why the Quebec Nationa…
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, the Bloc Québécois supports Bill S-2. It restores an important right, the right to transmit status. What does the minister think of the Indian Act in general? First of all, the name of the act no longer works. There are sections in it that need to be reviewed. Should we not be doing even more to recognize first nations' rights and achieve a true nation-to-nation partnership…
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the result of the previous vote to this vote and will vote against the motion.
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moved: Motion No. 55 That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 224. Motion No. 56 That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 225. Motion No. 57 That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 226. Motion No. 58 That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 227. Motion No. 59 That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 228. Motion No. 60 That Bill C-15 be amended by deleting Clause 229. Motion No…
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the vote and will be voting in favour.
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Mr. Speaker, certainly when environmental rights are removed, we cannot help but be concerned. It is hard to feel confident. When it comes to information, it is such a sensitive issue in regions like mine. Local media outlets need capital investment. We worked so hard to implement the digital services tax. It is incredibly sad to see it being scrapped to please our American neighbours. I understan…
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the result of the previous vote and will vote in favour of the motion.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the vote and will be voting in favour.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. She and I are riding neighbours. I was looking forward to that question. At long last, somebody asked it. Of course, there are inevitably some welcome measures in any omnibus bill, but there are many others that are not. Our job in the opposition is to identify these elements. We take out a marker and jot down, for example, “why change the law fo…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate you recognizing me. I simply want to inform you that, during the first vote, online voting began before you had finished reading the question to the House. This is not about calling anything into question, but perhaps some vigilance is needed here. This is the first time we have seen this.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the vote and will be voting in favour of the motion.
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the vote and will be voting against.
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Mr. Speaker, my lack of trust comes from being told to calm down and not worry, that expropriation laws have changed since the 1970s and that rights are protected. I believe those words and I accept them. My response to that is, okay, the laws have changed, so why are they being changed again to make way for the train? The laws were improved, and for good reason. Legislation and case law are built…
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Mr. Speaker, I am happy to speak to this important bill. I will pick up on some of what my colleague from Mirabel said. I would like to be asked other kinds of questions rather than being told that I am fearmongering. The Bloc Québécois's job is to read the bills that are introduced. As a constructive and intelligent opposition party, we need to look at the issues in the bills and propose amendmen…
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Madam Speaker, there are pensioners who are having problems with their OAS benefits and these are the answers they are getting. The Liberals went from 30 cases at one point about 10 days ago to 85,000 cases yesterday. The worst cost overrun of the Cúram software is the human cost. Even worse than that is the fact that just yesterday, when 85,000 people were affected by the software, the Liberals w…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague for his speech, in which he raised some good points. For one, he said that if our interventions are shallow, we risk becoming shallow. At times, I fear it is too little, too late for that. I also liked the point raised by my Conservative colleague about the Prime Minister being in the House. It is not a matter of saying he works only one day a week…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to hear my colleague's opinion on question period. This morning, I spoke about a situation we recently experienced. The Speaker of the House intervened in order to cut off certain types of questions relating to something that was happening in Quebec City but that could have an impact on us. We felt that our questions were valid. The Chair would not entertain our argumen…
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Madam Speaker, I enjoyed my colleague's speech. I strongly disagree with him on one point, however. My colleague said that all members should be able to speak on every issue. We will soon be presenting a proposal on the circumstances in which a response from the House to the Senate is necessary. No doubt everyone remembers the infamous Bill C-234 from the last Parliament, which never made it back …
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Madam Speaker, there are pensioners who have not been receiving their OAS for nine months or have been receiving the incorrect amount because of the Cúram software in Ottawa. Ten days ago, when we asked the government about it, we were told that we were fearmongering. The next day, the problem persisted, but just for 30 or so cases. In a dramatic turn of events, yesterday, in committee, the minist…
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Madam Speaker, the parliamentary secretary seems willing to make some changes, like most of the members we have heard from this morning. Unfortunately, we all know that the kind of discussion we are having this morning often ends up fizzling out at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. Discussions fizzle out there and are never revived. It seems to me that we have proposed a numbe…
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Madam Speaker, I am glad for the parliamentary secretary's open-mindedness, and I thank him for it. That is kind of what we are proposing in terms of a question and answer formula on Fridays or weekday evenings. We would like to have 10-minute question and answer periods where the member would have time to ask their question and the minister would have the same time to respond. That would make for…
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Madam Speaker, the fact is, I want to ensure that nothing structural, no organization, no political group is able to block a debate. It is very unfortunate when that happens. If a matter goes before PROC and nothing comes of it, it is because the government does not want to change anything. We are sending this message to the members of PROC. We have made proposals. These proposals are supposed to …
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Thank you, Madam Speaker. I was saying that it is important to schedule witnesses at different times for each political party so that we can ask them questions properly. These are people we invite to appear, and we prepare our questions accordingly. We often do not have enough time to ask them questions properly. This is also a very important point. There is also the issue of members attending com…
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Madam Speaker, I will try to talk fast, because I have a lot to say this morning. No one will be surprised to hear that the first measure we are proposing is to abolish the morning prayer and replace it with a moment of reflection. Parliament must serve all its citizens, and not all of them share the same religion. Many have no religion at all. This is a matter of showing respect for each individu…
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Madam Speaker, I believe the subject of my question was addressed in previous questions. Currently, under the Standing Orders, a minister who is online can make a proposal, but it takes 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 members to block it. These opposition members must be in the chamber, and that change was approved by the majority. This is a first in history and it clearly puts the opposition at a disadvantag…
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Madam Speaker, February is Black History Month, and this year marks the 35th annual edition in Quebec. This year's theme, “Together, Let's Raise Our Voices”, gives us the perfect opportunity to reflect on Quebec's openness and ability to live together in communal harmony, as well as the contributions made by Quebeckers from Black communities. As in past years, everyone is invited to attend a serie…
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Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's question. I agree I might be worthwhile to expand on that. The intention is not to prevent anyone from praying. Some members are religious, and that is an individual matter. That is precisely the point. Faith is a personal matter. This Parliament serves all citizens of Canada, the provinces and Quebec. These people have different religions. I am wondering…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her speech and for mentioning me in it. She is my riding neighbour and normally I really like her, and I still do today, but I have to correct some of the things that she said. She is accusing us playing political games and engaging in obstruction, which is absolutely not what we are doing. What we are calling for is what she mentioned in her speech. We want t…
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Mr. Speaker, we are happy about that because we feel that the people in the Conservative Party agree with the apology. That is interesting. However, I have also heard several Conservative colleagues express concerns that speeding up major projects and moving too fast can sometimes lead to mistakes, like what happened in 1969. The Conservatives voted in favour of Bill C‑5 in June. I would like to h…
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Mr. Speaker, some seniors are not getting their OAS pension. Instead of helping them, the Liberals are trying to protect themselves. This is extremely troubling, because the same Cúram software that is experiencing major failures will also be used for employment insurance and the federal pension plan. By downplaying the problems instead of fixing them, the Liberals are creating the perfect conditi…
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Mr. Speaker, first of all, my colleague from Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton is asking me to wish my colleague from Les Pays-d'en-Haut a happy birthday, so I, too, am wishing him a happy birthday. Now my colleague is asking us to get on board by passing Bill C-15 so that we can move faster. That is precisely why we are raising the red flag. We are saying that we must not rush this. In 1969, the govern…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague. I appreciated his speech. I know he is a sensitive person. We got to know him when he served as Speaker of the House in the last Parliament. I would like to come back to one part of his speech. I agree with most of his speech, but not the part when he said that this has been taking too long, that we need to move quickly and that slowing down would b…
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on his excellent speech and his excellent analysis of the situation, which clearly states that we basically want the project to succeed. However, we want it to be done properly. We want to protect the rights of our constituents. We agree with the claims that the legislation was improved in the 1980s. What concerns us are the bills currently being studied to…
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Mr. Speaker, that is, in fact, the issue today. We have been talking a lot about Mirabel. We are being told that we are sensationalizing this issue. First of all, that is not what we are doing. We are telling the House about the history and the wounds and explaining why we are asking for this. What we want is to heal these wounds so that we can move forward in an atmosphere of trust. I call on the…
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Mr. Speaker, what a wonderful summary by my colleague, the MP for Montcalm. That is exactly right. It is very simple. The MPs across the aisle can try as hard as they want to demonize our approach today. We are going to bat for our people. We are going to bat for the future. However, to build the future, we need a solid foundation that was built in the past, and right now there are cracks in that …
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Mr. Speaker, I would invite our colleagues to tell the truth. I would like to know which one of our members talked about high-speed rail in apocalyptic terms. I do not think anyone did. The apocalypse happened in Mirabel in 1969. These people experienced the end of the world. What we are asking for today is precaution. We are not sounding the alarm or saying that it is a bad project. We look at wh…
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Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Jonquière. I will begin by reassuring my colleague opposite that, yes, I have participated in consultations in the past. I have a message for the people watching at home: They can take part in consultations and have a meaningful impact on projects as ordinary citizens. That is exactly what I did in the municipality of Saint‑Félix‑de‑Valois…
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Mr. Speaker, she is forgiven; I, too, sometimes address members directly. We can see how easy it is to acknowledge mistakes and forgive one another. It would be nice if the government apologized so the people of Mirabel can finally turn the page on this hurt and look to the future. For my colleague's sake, I will repeat the purpose of today's motion. Earlier, she listed all the processes that prot…
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Mr. Speaker, some pensioners have not received their OAS benefits in nine months. Public servants warned the government last summer that it was due to Cúram. However, the Liberals did not listen to public servants. Instead, they silenced them. This is what the government told public servants to do: Do not let Canadians know that delays or errors in payments are due to Cúram. Why is the government …
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Mr. Speaker, I request a recorded division.
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