Luc Thériault

Mr. Speaker, when it comes to the affordability crisis, if there is one segment of the population that has been affected by the never-ending increases in the cost of living since 2020, it is seniors. However, the government decided to increase the guaranteed income supplement for seniors aged 75 and over, but not for those aged 65 to 74. It is discriminating between seniors. These people are [more]

Mount Royal Mr. Speaker, I too wanted to tell the member forthat I came to the House at the same time as he did. I dare say that, in December 2024, when the Liberals were facing the prospect of being reduced to just 25 seats, he was not nearly as enthusiastic as he was at the beginning of his speech today. I would therefore encourage him to demonstrate a little more humility in his speeches [more]

Mr. Speaker, earlier, my Conservative colleague spoke about people who cannot afford to retire. That does not even take into account all those aged between 65 and 74 who have already retired and are struggling to make ends meet because of affordability issues. C‑261 For quite some time now, the Bloc Québécois has been introducing bills calling for OAS to be fully indexed for seniors aged 65 to [more]

Madam Speaker, I have been a member of the House of Commons for some time now, and I have to say that, at times, I get the impression that my Conservative colleagues are lobbying for the oil industry. At the same time, they frequently condemn waste. Like me, they also stand up for people who are struggling. However, they never denounce the humongous subsidies to the oil industry, which rakes in [more]

C-5 Mr. Speaker, Billcontained a discretionary provision that gave the minister absolute authority to identify and make decisions about projects of national interest. C-39 Billrenders that discretionary authority permanent, thereby setting a dangerous precedent modelled after the Trump administration's contempt for officials elected by the people. Someday, when the member is sitting on this [more]

C-5 C-39 Mr. Speaker, Billcontained a discretionary provision that gave the minister absolute power to determine which projects are of national interest. Billgives even more power to the executive branch by diminishing Parliament's role. That is a subversion of parliamentary democracy. The Liberals are exploiting the tariff crisis to impose permanent rollbacks that will have no effect during [more]

C-5 C-39 Mr. Speaker, democracy is a daily challenge involving a delicate balance between the executive and legislative branches. However, Billand especially Billrepresent a step backwards not only for the environment and workers' rights, but also for democracy. The tariff war is being exploited to quietly push through permanent rollbacks that will have no effect for the remainder of Donald [more]

Mr. Speaker, my colleague's speech was insightful and well-informed. Madawaska—Restigouche C-39 Earlier, the Liberal member forsaid he was enthusiastic and pleased that Billwould, as he put it, allow global investors to flout environmental laws by investing in Canada, to flout workers' rights, and to flout parliamentary democracy. Prime Minister My colleague was talking about Trumpism. Does he [more]

C-39 Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, parliamentary democracy is a daily challenge. It involves a delicate balance between the executive and legislative branches. Billis a step backwards for democracy. It further centralizes power in favour of the executive branch by reducing the role we play here in Parliament. Theis exploiting the tariff crisis to impose permanent rollbacks that will have no impact [more]

C‑218 Madam Speaker, we are debating Bill, which seeks to specifically exclude patients with a mental disorder from being able to request an assessment of their condition to determine whether or not they are eligible for medical assistance in dying. Some of these patients have had a mental disorder for decades, 20 or 30 years. They have tried everything, all available treatments, have been [more]

Madam Speaker, a few psychiatrists use anecdotal, unsubstantiated claims to assert that every mental illness is treatable or curable, but they also say that psychiatry is wrong about both prognoses and diagnoses. Those psychiatrists cannot explain why we should rely on anecdotal, unsubstantiated accounts involving patients whom they say would have met the MAID eligibility criteria and safeguards [more]

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. It's nice to see you all again. Let me start by saying that Canada is a large country and that media coverage varies from coast to coast to coast. Very little has been written in Quebec about the issue we're discussing today. When I reviewed the media coverage of the issues before us, I realized that this was a hot-button topic, particularly in [more]