Christine Normandin

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, thesaid he was very disappointed with Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau for expressing his condolences in English only. However, he has no business being disappointed. Three years ago, his government voted against requiring leaders of companies like Air Canada to be bilingual. His government is being sued by the organization Droits collectifs Québec because it is not [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, instead of expressing disappointment with Michael Rousseau, theshould lead by example. Instead, he is likely the only prime minister in half a century not to have a francophone speech writer. His government has made unilingual English appointments, starting with Governor General Mary Simon. It was under the Liberals that the federal public service became the worst [more]

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Rivière-du-Nord Earlier, you rejected a question from my colleague from. The underlying intent of that question was to determine whether the government plans to veto the notwithstanding clause. I would argue that the answer to that question pertains specifically to the administration of the government, regardless of who asks the question. By your logic, [more]

Mr. Speaker, at the risk of repeating myself, you have nonetheless prevented a member from asking a question simply because it was related to a party's mandate. I want to reiterate that, in this instance, MPs cannot be dissociated from their role as party members because, as such, they are voting at the convention and giving themselves a mandate. When viewed in that context, the question was [more]

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to quickly discuss a supplementary opinion to the report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs.

Mr. Speaker, first, I want to thank the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs for the collaborative approach it has taken to ensure that elections run smoothly, which unfortunately has not always been the case. The Bloc Québécois supports all of the recommendations in the report except one, and that is the recommendation that seeks to limit the number of nomination papers a voter can [more]

Is that the case with securing locations?

Thank you for that answer. I'd like to hear your opinion on the recruitment of poll workers. During our study on the longest ballot committee, we said that having ballots that are more difficult to count and having to work late into the night could make it more difficult to recruit people. In addition to that is the fact that the Terrebonne riding has had four elections in the space of just over [more]

Thank you.

Then in that case, it was never an issue of spending that could not be authorized before an election.

Thank you very much. I would now like to turn to your recommendations on counting special ballots. One of the recommendations was to automate the printing of return address labels. Do you have an update on the possibility of automating return address label printing on envelopes? I'd like to hear your comments on that issue.

I want to take that a step further. I believe one of your recommendations touched on better knowledge of the return rate of envelopes. In this connection, are there going to be any changes before the next three by-elections?