Louis Villeneuve

Mr. Speaker, today I would like to pay tribute to Suzanne‑Marie Landry. Suzanne‑Marie devoted much of her life to promoting culture in the Eastern Townships and in my riding of Brome—Missisquoi. She was passionate, engaged and determined. She always focused on helping others thrive by providing encouragement and motivation. Suzanne‑Marie was a cultural dynamo with a zest for life. How sad it is [more]

Welcome. Thank you for being here this morning and for bringing this bill forward. In your opening remarks, you said that our development depends on our ability to build. Your bill appears designed to help achieve that objective. You talked a lot about meeting with tradespeople and professional peers. What can you tell Canadians about their thoughts on what the government is doing about labour [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Mr. Bains.

Thank you. You may have somewhat answered my next question. More broadly, what is currently preventing labour mobility in Canada?

Thank you, Mr. Bains. Mr. Chair, can I give the rest of my time to Mr. Joseph? He has a question.

Thank you, Mr. Sorensen.

Okay. Thank you. Who's responsible for ensuring that Air Canada complies with the protocol?

Thank you. That was six months ago. Can you tell me what has changed in concrete terms? What mechanism have you put in place at the executive level of the board of directors to ensure that, even in an emergency situation, this type of thing won't ever happen again?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Sorensen, the committee's mandate is to ensure that both official languages are respected in the context of the modernized Official Languages Act. An additional layer is added to this mandate: achieving substantive equality between the two official languages, particularly by protecting and promoting French. I just wanted to remind you of that from the outset. Thank you [more]

Okay. Thank you. Excuse me, Mr. Chair, but there's a delay. It looks like the volume is going down in French at the end of the answers. Mr. Sorensen, you have already announced that the next president and CEO of Air Canada should or could speak both of the country's official languages. What importance did the board attach to the ability to communicate in French—a real ability to do so—in [more]

Okay. Mr. Sorensen, I would like you to repeat the last part of your answer, please.

I can no longer hear the interpretation.

Mr. Speaker, as a family doctor, my colleague treated thousands of patients during his career. I would like to know why affordability is so important to him.

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by acknowledging the quality of my colleague's French. He has nothing to worry about. His French was very good. I would also like to reassure him that ourlistens to his caucus. I think that is very important. C-10 I am going to stick to Bill. The government wants to move things forward. I know my colleague is doing his job, but it is important [more]