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Mr. Speaker, Friday, October 11 is World Egg Day. Eggs are an extremely nutritious food produced by local farmers who are exceptional, both because of the quality of their production and the solidarity of their chosen marketing system, supply management. We have been waiting since June 2023 for the Senate to pass the bill to protect this collective marketing system. It is time for the Senate to do…
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Mr. Speaker, this is not something that happens every day, but, ironically, my colleague from the Conservative Party stole my question. I wanted to ask her to keep going with her list of scandals. This is funny because it does not often happen. That was honestly the question I wanted to ask. The Conservatives are filibustering right now. That is fine. However, there are plenty of reasons for us to…
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Madam Speaker, that is because the government excels in the art of talking without acting, in the art of giving the impression of being present and continuing to be there to work with people and support people. In the real world, however, there is no cheque coming in, no support being given, no work being done. Let us get moving. I will co-operate with the government. I am sure my colleague from P…
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Madam Speaker, indeed, the time for conducting studies has long passed. Incidentally, if they want studies, we can give them studies. The people in the municipalities in my riding funded the studies themselves because the federal government could not care less about this issue. Is it not appalling to see small municipalities with a few thousand residents forced to invest their own money in researc…
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Madam Speaker, unlike many others in the House, I will endeavour to be polite and show respect, which can take various forms. This is outrageous. We are talking about a report that was prepared in committee in a serious way and submitted to the department. We expected to wait three months for something to happen, knowing how big the government is. However, a year and a half seems a long time. It i…
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Mr. Speaker, I am not so sure that it was necessary to interrupt me when I had just three minutes and 40 seconds left, but I will let it go. I was thanking the mayors who stepped up and showed leadership. I thank Mr. Barthe, who invited me to Saint‑Ignace‑de‑Loyola to show me that he had been forced to urgently repair a road without any financial support from the federal government or the provinci…
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Mr. Speaker, I am a little surprised by the way my colleague's speech ended. I think that his riding would also benefit from general collaboration. The thing we need to realize about shoreline erosion is that action taken in one place can be detrimental to three neighbours upstream and three neighbours downstream if it is not done properly. What we need is a concerted effort that includes comprehe…
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Madam Speaker, what we are talking about today is serious. Some people do not seem to realize what residents have been going through, and I do not mean lately, I mean since 1997. They watch big ships go by every day. It is a privilege they would not want to give up, because it is wonderful, but they are suffering the consequences. Year after year, they are seeing their land crumble away, but their…
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Mr. Speaker, my question for my colleague will be quite simple. I am troubled every time contempt of Parliament occurs. Today we are talking about a failure to comply with a relatively simple request from the House. It makes no sense for us to receive documents that are almost entirely redacted. In my colleague's opinion, what is so bad about those documents that the Liberals do not want us to see…
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Mr. Speaker, we have been debating this issue for some time now. We said that we agree on the substance. We absolutely must ensure that the House's privilege is respected and that we get these documents. I have been listening carefully to the debate from my seat in the House and from the lobby. From what I understand, the Conservative Party is less interested in obtaining the documents than in sta…
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Mr. Speaker, passing Bill C‑282 will be crucial for dairy, poultry and egg farmers. Canada's dairy, egg, chicken, turkey and hatching egg producers have said as much in their open letter. This is proof that when the Bloc Québécois stands up for what is good for Quebeckers, sometimes it is so good that Canada even wants a piece of the pie. There is a consensus among producers in Quebec and Canada: …
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Mr. Speaker, let us come back to Bill C‑282, which protects supply management. We were wondering why two senators, Peter Boehm and Peter Harder, were blocking the bill in the Senate. Now we know, thanks to Stephen Harper's former adviser, Dimitri Soudas, who said about these two senators, and I quote, “two former deputy ministers who tried countless times to convince Harper to abandon supply manag…
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Mr. Speaker, what is going on in the Senate is extremely serious. Not only are these two unelected members attacking our farmers, but they are also striking at the heart of democracy. This chamber is where we vote on legislation. If Peter Boehm and Peter Harder do not agree with the laws and want to pass other ones, they should have the courage to resign from the Senate and be elected by the peopl…
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Mr. Speaker, the Union des producteurs agricoles du Québec marked its 100th anniversary this week. It is celebrating 100 years of solidarity, 100 years of pooling resources, 100 years of standing together, because we are stronger together, and 100 years of providing inspiration. I want to thank and congratulate the organization for all these years of hard work to help our regions and communities g…
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Mr. Speaker, if the Liberals do not want to fall by October 29, they had better start standing up for farmers. Bill C-282, which has just one clause and protects supply management, has been stuck in the Senate for more than a year. Why? It is because Peter Boehm and Peter Harder, two unelected wannabe kings, both appointed to the Senate by the Liberals, are deliberately blocking a bill supported b…
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Mr. Speaker, all of the parties should be furious that senators are obstructing the will of the House. We cannot allow two unelected senators—emphasis on “unelected”—to decide, between naps, to threaten Quebec agriculture. They do not care about democracy or farmers. They do not care about the 6,000 businesses or the 100,000 jobs in Quebec. They do not care about Quebeckers. Enough is enough. I am…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his interesting question. If the government does not respect the wishes of the Bloc Québécois, it will show in the next few days through old age security and supply management bills. My colleague talked about the vote on the non-confidence motion. As I said earlier during my speech, the Bloc Québécois wants to vote on content. Since the Liberal-NDP agreement e…
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague said a lot of things in her speech. She kept saying that not everyone is in need. We have a progressive tax system to deal with that. Earlier I talked about my father, who had a good pension. At the end of the year, he paid back in taxes what he received. The matter is already resolved. How will my colleague go about identifying a person who cannot work because they have …
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Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague from Terrebonne on her excellent speech. My question is very specific. Some objections were raised earlier about increasing old age security for everyone. Someone suggested that not everyone needs it. I know my colleague has a background in economics, so could she explain to the members opposite that we have a progressive tax system that will balance all th…
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Mr. Speaker, I am shocked to hear that. My colleague is usually a rather sensible person, yet he just said that Bloc Québécois members do not truly care about seniors. That must be why we put this issue on today's agenda and why we are trying to get this gain. That must also be why we have been fighting for five years to get his government to act fairly and equitably toward all seniors. We are pre…
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Mr. Speaker, it was him. I was right. He is applauding me, and that does not happen very often. Mark this day on the calendar. Earlier, this Conservative member was criticizing us for working for gains. He criticized us for receiving media attention. There are seniors here on Parliament Hill today. The group from my riding includes people aged 72, 75 and so on. It is not just people under 75 who w…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to ask a technical question about interference. The NDP and the Bloc Québécois have very similar visions when it comes to social democracy and income sharing. The only difference, which is quite annoying and significant, has to do with the mechanics of it. The NDP is very centralist. The dental care program that the New Democrats managed to put in place with the help of…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by saying that I will be sharing my time with the charismatic and charming member for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, who is going to captivate us with his vast knowledge and legendary enthusiasm. Are we saving the best for last? We shall see. I have so much to say. So many questions have been raised. First of all, the Liberals asked a number of times whether seeking roya…
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Mr. Speaker, I am more than pleased to answer the question thus: intrusion, encroachment, duplication of structures. Quebec already has a dental plan that applies to children and so on. If Quebec had received the money directly, as it requested, it could have improved its services. Instead, the Liberal government decided to give $2 billion to a private insurance company, Sun Life, which lines its …
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague very much. I appreciate having deep discussions with him about what Quebec is and why we want independence. It is always interesting to talk to him. His question will allow me to expand on something. It is a profound injustice. Do members know what is behind this scheme? I think the government decided that it was going to increase old age security to 75, that it w…
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Madam Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague for his speech because there was a lot of content. It is probably because he was speaking to a Bloc Québécois motion. It is our job to provide content here. I am very pleased to hear that. There was something a little less convincing at the end of his speech, when he was talking about voting. The only answer that I can give him is that when …
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Madam Speaker, there is plenty of ineptitude I could capitalize on, but I will try to focus. The member has the audacity to say that today's motion is purely a publicity stunt that serves no purpose, yet his party has pledged to vote in favour of it. I want to thank the Conservative members for voting in favour of seniors today. However, I find it hard to understand how, in a logical speech, a mem…
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Madam Speaker, I think it is unfortunate when people say things like that. We are less popular in certain regions. That is normal. However, we work for everyone and we always aim to convince everyone. We are very pleased with the progress we made in Montreal. Our member is already hard at work, and the people in his riding will see the difference between a Bloc Québécois member who is on the groun…
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Mr. Speaker, it is an ultimatum. Bill C‑282 on supply management has to pass before October 29. That should be simple. The House voted in favour of the bill, but it has been stuck in the Senate for more than a year. Yesterday, in committee, a senator asked an excellent question. He said, and I quote, “Can you explain why this bill is being held up in the Senate? It is a bill that was supported by …
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Madam Speaker, as government leader, my colleague must be in the know. I would like her to apprise me of the status of Bill C‑234, because our Conservative colleagues have been yelling non-stop against the carbon tax. Quite reasonably, an exemption was created in Bill C‑234. I would like my colleague to tell me whether what I heard is true. It seems to me that so many speakers are being added that…
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Madam Speaker, I think I was a bit hasty in phrasing my question to the leader of the government. We misunderstood one another, but I will come back to this in my speech. I would like her to listen to what I am going to say, and I would like to receive information on Bill C‑234. I would just add that I will be sharing my time with my colleague from Saint-Jean. Getting back to the motion before the…
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Madam Speaker, we are indeed a party of and for the regions, but if my colleague wants to ask questions, he can do so after my speech. I will be pleased to answer. I have been speaking for five minutes already. It is crazy how fast it goes. We are here to make gains for Quebec. We have two conditions. We want our seniors to have a decent standard of living. There has been enough dilly-dallying. Se…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question and for his usual collaboration. Indeed, this is something I find deeply disturbing. We are asked to refrain from making personal attacks and stick to debating content, so I will address the grain farmers of Canada. They should call Conservative members and ask them to move forward with a vote on Bill C‑234 before the government is defeated, pos…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. It is a very interesting one, and I have a lot to say about it. When the Bloc Québécois says that we speak on behalf of Quebec, that means we champion the National Assembly's unanimous motions here in the House. We are waiting. If a unanimous motion is adopted to that effect, we will evaluate it. There is no such motion now, however. Since we a…
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Madam Speaker, that question does not really have anything to do with the subject we are debating, but the Bloc Québécois will always defend the French language. Obviously, we defend Quebec's interests first and foremost, but if it helps the rest of Canada as well, all the better.
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Mr. Speaker, let us have a debate on the content. I know this subject quite well. The member talked a lot about the carbon tax in his introduction. I would like to talk to him about Bill C‑234. We have had a lot of discussions about it in the House. There has also been a lot of tension around this bill. Yesterday, in my speech, I explained that we had chosen to accept the Senate amendments and tha…
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Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the clarifications my colleague just made. He talked a lot about rural areas. I know that his riding is rural and that supply-managed production is important there. He knows as well as I do that Bill C‑282 was passed in the House in June 2023, as hon. members will recall. It is now September 2024. It has been languishing in the Senate for over a year, gathering dust. I wo…
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Madam Speaker, I will circle back to the recommendation I had just started talking about, the code of conduct, because it is an important aspect of controlling food prices. We have come to realize that a lot of money is being taken from the middleman. I want to talk about the worst example I have seen recently. A lettuce salesman delivering lettuce to a large grocer was called back a few days late…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question and especially for having worked so hard to deliver an introduction in French. This is the first time I have heard him speak French in such a long time. It is rather interesting. To answer his specific question, the Bloc Québécois does not support a government. The Bloc Québécois imparts its decisions one division at a time. If it is good for Qu…
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Madam Speaker, to answer his question, what we want are intelligent measures. We do not want a populist announcement that says that we are going to reduce this by a certain percentage. That is what matters. The Bloc Québécois speaks out a lot about refugee claims. We want to welcome people, but our major concern is the proportion of temporary people that Quebec has to take care of. We are not just…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Beauce for his question. There were 18 reports, yes, and here is a little tip for those who want to run a successful campaign: They should read the committee reports. I think that, if they do, they are going to have a pretty good platform with smart, well-structured solutions. That is the end of my aside. The 44% reflected producers who have to work outside, b…
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I appreciated the thoroughness of most of his comments. Obviously, we all share the same concerns about public protection, the removal of non-consensual images, the protection of children and privacy. I understand all that quite well. If I am not mistaken, he referred a few times in his speech to Bill C‑412. I have a question for my colleague, who …
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Madam Speaker, I would have liked to have the opportunity to ask my colleague one last question. Since he is still here, I will ask him anyway. Perhaps he can answer me by me asking a question. He spoke about supply management in response to a question from my NDP colleague. He said that his government has always supported supply management. That is reasonably accurate. Bill C-282, which is import…
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Madam Speaker, I thank the parliamentary secretary for his question. I am certainly interested. I will go and check out that program. We can always draw inspiration. What I would not want is for the federal government to tell Quebec what to do in a skills training program. The parliamentary secretary will not be surprised to hear that I have the usual reservations. Some of my colleagues who sit on…
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Madam Speaker, in his speech, my colleague raised a number of very important points about accountability and how the government seems to think this is no big deal and not its responsibility. That is what happens when government responsibilities are delegated to the private sector. That is essentially what happened with GC Strategies. For some time now, I have noticed everything going down a slippe…
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Madam Speaker, that is a bit ironic. First of all, let me offer a correction. The French word for “support” is “soutenir”, not “supporter”. It is obvious that my colleague works a lot in English. I will reassure him right away that that is not what we are doing. Our job is not to support the Liberals or to replace them with Conservatives. Our job is to work for Quebeckers and defend their interest…
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Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech, his intelligent and constructive attitude and his open-mindedness. Of course, he talked about the prospect of Quebec citizenship. We are currently talking about Bill C‑71, which solves some of the problems. Does the member not think that the entire immigration and citizenship process needs a solid overhaul and that we could commit to contributing…
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by greeting everyone and wishing everyone a happy and pleasant return. I encourage my colleagues to work for the common good and in the collective interest rather than their personal interest. It is a subtle message. Some will hear it; others, not so much. That is where I wanted to start. We are talking about Bill C‑379, which seeks to amend the Criminal Code to …
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Mr. Speaker, some folks from the Maison des Cageux in Lanoraie are on Parliament Hill today. Isabelle Regout and Alexandre Pampalon are walking encyclopaedias who know everything there is to know about raftsmen, expertly immersing their visitors in the impressive universe of these brave, adventurous men. Listening to the stories of Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Joseph-Charles Taché and many others…
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Mr. Speaker, the Bloc Québécois agrees to apply the vote, and we will be voting yes.
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