Jean-Denis Garon

Mr. Speaker, I think that there is broad consensus around this bill and that it has unanimous support in the House. Nevertheless, some people have raised concerns about privacy, particularly when people are required to show ID to prove their age. I think those concerns are legitimate. We have to figure out how to strike the right balance between inconvenience and risk reduction. I would like to [more]

Madam Speaker, I did not want to get into a psychoanalysis of who has what kind of heart. What I am saying is that, for a number of years now, the Government of Canada has been maintaining certain fiscal anchors. It said it would increase spending, and by a large amount, considering the billions of dollars involved, but it believed that the debt-to-GDP ratio would decrease or stabilize over time. [more]

Madam Speaker, this is what can happen when budget cuts are made quickly across the board, using a blanket approach. The government decided that, aside from defence and two or three other organizations, every department will face 15% budget cuts. With regard to penitentiaries, the Archambault facility was located in my riding before the electoral boundaries were revised. There were significant [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, we have awho has plenty of time to have plenty of meetings in many places around the world. He is even meeting with the European Union soon, and he will try to sign trade agreements on things that are the responsibility of Quebec. They will be implemented in Quebec, yet the Premier of Quebec, who represents the Quebec government, is only invited to a cocktail party. [more]

Prime Minister Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague very much. We have worked together in the past and are likely to continue to do so. However, why does thenot come and discuss this with us in committee? The Liberal member seems proud of these measures, proud of the plan and proud of what the Prime Minister is doing. She makes it sound like the government is not making any mistakes. There [more]

Madam Speaker, I send my regards to my colleague from Whitby, whom I have not seen in a while, and to you as well. You know how much I enjoy speaking when you are in the chair, especially since you are often the only person who listens to me, along with my Bloc Québécois colleagues. I doubly appreciate it. I did not want to start a debate on that, though, so I will start my speech over again and [more]

Prime Minister Madam Speaker, I have sat in the House for five and a half years, and this is the first time I am going to vote on a motion that calls on the Prime Minister to appear in committee. My colleague is talking to us as though we spend our weeks asking the Prime Minister to waste his time in committee. This is a specific situation. There is a budget coming up. Thehas given himself [more]

Madam Speaker, I did not write the budget, thank God. Perhaps that answers my colleague's question. This is not an easy situation. The reality is that the economic situation is really not easy. No one here decided to impose tariffs on us; they were imposed on us from outside. We are experiencing major structural challenges, and in a situation like this, the choices we make become all the more [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague, the member for Simcoe North, for his excellent speech. He is a member who brings a great deal of substance to parliamentary debate. Prime Minister Minister of Finance I would like to discuss the form of the motion, because the motion simply calls for theto be invited to appear as a witness before the Standing Committee on Finance. He does not even [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague. That was an excellent speech. Whenever today's topic comes up in the House, ministers and members stand up and read lists of everything that the Department of Canadian Heritage has funded in Quebec, like festivals and events and so forth. Essentially, they are telling us that we cannot put forward meaningful proposals or carry out our role as the [more]

Shefford Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my friend and excellent colleague, the member for. I am really looking forward to hearing what she has to say. parliamentary secretary I was not as eager to hear what thehad to say, but I listened carefully to his speech. I do not remember what he is the parliamentary secretary of. He is probably the parliamentary secretary of everything. I [more]

Drummond Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Mr. Speaker, anything can be debated in the House. Today, we are debating the issue of the digital services levy. We asked questions about this during oral question period. This week, when my colleague, the member for, asked thea question, the minister stood up and literally asked my colleague why he was whining when the minister had funded the [more]

Mr. Speaker, that is a pretty broad question. Why should we have confidence in the Liberals? Personally, I put my face on a blue poster. There are many shades of blue. I believe that today's Liberals are using fear as their weapon of choice. They are using Donald Trump. He is their main political ally. Fear has allowed them to consolidate support. That is why they are able to walk back their [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said it in a speech: If we are not at the table, we are on the menu. I think today's debate shows that francophone culture in Canada is on the menu. It was devoured by these negotiations. To me, that is obvious. The Prime Minister decided to scrap the digital services tax and the levy to please the U.S. government. Clearly, these measures bothered the U.S. [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, we will never know what happened in the final days of the negotiations. Supposedly thehad a deal. It was confidential. We do not know what was in it. He met with the provincial premiers, and Quebec seemed unhappy with it. How do we know it was not the Prime Minister himself who stomped on Quebec's culture? How do we know it was not Quebec itself that said no? [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to request a recorded division.

Mr. Speaker, since this week is National Early Childhood Educators Week, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who support our little ones as they make their first discoveries. Day after day, they nurture our children's emotions, encourage their curiosity, and help them find their place in the group. Behind every story told, behind every child comforted, there is heart, [more]