Abdelhaq Sari

Scarborough Southwest Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform you that I will be sharing my time with the member for. leader of the official opposition I am very pleased to rise today to speak to the motion put forward by the. It touches on an issue that affects all of us: the state of our public finances and what they enable us to do for Canadians. I believe there is at least one thing members on [more]

Mr. Speaker, once again, I would like to say what a pleasure it is to sit alongside my colleague on the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. The first answer is very clear and simple: The Government of Canada will uphold its values, no matter which country it does business with. Economically speaking, we are in a situation where we need to diversify our trade. Of course, without compromising [more]

Mr. Speaker, here is what Canadians watching us need to know about interest charges: They have increased, but they have increased around the world. Given the rise in rates that the whole world has experienced, the real question is this: Who is weathering it best? That is the real question, not whether interest charges have exceeded health transfers. As I just said, Canada has the lowest net [more]

Mr. Speaker, to answer the question, I will just talk about the mega deduction, although there is also an opportunity to attract investors. For example, I had an opportunity to host a round table in Bourassa's industrial area. Industrialists and businesses want to invest, and the mega deduction will help them upgrade their fleets and machinery. That will create jobs. It is good both for [more]

First of all, I would like to thank my colleague for his very eloquent and direct question. I would like to tell him that I was not the only Quebecker to vote for this budget. I was among 44 members who proudly represent Quebec, represent it well and defend Quebec culture on an ongoing basis. Culture is a vehicle for development that is very important, if not essential, to it success. I can [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from the Bloc Québécois for his attention. Once again, I have to straighten a couple of things out. As I mentioned in my speech, it is not $600 million; it is $1.15 billion. There is a verb tense issue in my colleague's question. He used the wrong tense. He should have said that the $600 million is a commitment from the government that will come from outside the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague and congratulate him once again on his eloquence. Nonetheless, I would like to set the record straight. The results are clear. I have referenced them before, and I can do so again for everyone's benefit. On top of the $600 million, there is another $550 million in concrete funding for CBC/Radio-Canada, Telefilm Canada, the Canada Media Fund, the Canada Music [more]

Edmonton Strathcona Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to mention that I will be sharing my time with the member for. la belle province There are things that cannot be measured in dollars. There is a refrain that an entire people knows by heart, a show that unites three generations in front of the same screen, a news report that forces us to face the truth; that is culture. It is not a [more]

Mr. Speaker, some journeys are a tribute to strength, commitment and staying true to one's values. Jacinthe Sicotte's journey is one of them. Today, I would like to acknowledge her retirement as general manager of the Caisse Desjardins de Sault-au-Récollet-Montréal-Nord. She joined Desjardins as a student at the Caisse de Granby and devoted 45 years of her life to the co-operative movement. [more]

First of all, thank you very much for your question. In my riding, as you know, the average household income is one of the lowest in Canada. In addition to this challenge, there is the challenge faced by small and medium-sized enterprises. In Bourassa, there are many repair shops for telephones, computers and even home appliances, but they're struggling to stay in business because they can't [more]

We will simply add these elements to the existing import requirements. There is already a regulation in force. It is simply a matter of improving it and making it clearer with regard to these points.

The short answer is yes. Why now? It's because work has already been done. Reports have already been prepared by the Department of Industry. We're not reinventing the wheel. I think 18 months is very reasonable. We can always work on that, because a lot of studies and analyses have been done. We could reuse them and then discuss the framework again. As I said—and I'll say it again—this framework [more]

I'll start by answering the second part of your question, because you mentioned something that is extremely important to me: metrics. I specialize in business intelligence and analytics. I often say that what isn't measured doesn't exist and that what is measured improves. That's very important. Here, we want to require numbers. As you said so well, what cannot be measured remains a mere [more]

That's the first question you're asking me. I'm doing very well, and I'm quite enthusiastic.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much, colleagues. First of all, I want to apologize for my voice. This is due to some fatigue from a trip that was quite long. First of all, thank you for welcoming me to your committee for its study of Bill C‑267. This is my first bill, even though this is my second year as the member elected in the riding of Bourassa. To set the stage, I'd like [more]

First of all, thank you very much for your question. It is essential and very relevant. We have to be careful. The goal here is to lay the groundwork and consolidate all the requirements related to the right to repair, the right to information and the right to access replacement parts, of course. Once again, we have to be careful not to interfere in provincial matters. Remedies related to [more]

It's very simple: Bill C‑267 establishes a floor, a minimum standard. After that, if the provinces want to go further, as Quebec is doing, in terms of recourse, requirements, access to information or labelling, that's up to them. The provinces are being given that latitude. However, when someone buys a phone in another province and the rules are different for the same phone, which was imported [more]