Patrick Bonin

Mr. Speaker, the minister's answer is embarrassing. The Liberals continue to veer off course. The consultation documents for Quebeckers on the decommissioning of the Gentilly-1 nuclear reactor are in English only. If Quebeckers want to get information from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, they have to read 600 pages in English only. That is so disrespectful. In fact, I filed a complaint [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is official: Quebec has its own Leonardo da Vinci. I am talking about Jérôme Dupras, a researcher, professor, musician, and now, Quebec's chief scientist. That is right, the bass player for the Cowboys Fringants, who is also an economic and ecological specialist and professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, was appointed chief scientist of Quebec. This great man, whose [more]

Laurier—Sainte-Marie Mr. Speaker, the event of the year is the Liberals' climate betrayal. Their record includes the pipeline agreement with Alberta. It includes ending environmental impact assessments. It includes pipelines and offshore drilling with no regard for protected areas or endangered species. It includes the member for's resignation. It includes three young Canadians and two groups of [more]

Okay. Could you provide the committee with a comparison between the United States' approach and Canada's approach? You said that this will be studied later, but it may not be studied by this committee. We would like to have this information.

No, you said it was simpler. That's not the same thing.

My Conservative colleague asked three questions earlier about specific products, including Giant bicycles and copper. You didn't have the answers to those questions. Could you send the committee a written response? For example, we would like to know whether these products have been investigated. You spoke about your review and the fact that you're carrying out a number of investigations. [more]

You said earlier—or you were made to say—that Canada's proposal is better than the United States' system in place.

Could you elaborate on this?

It's simpler for the government, then. In fact, who is that simpler for?

Better late than never. Can you explain the difference between the current bill and the current legislation in place? I would like you to summarize it for us. Since we don't have much time, I would like you to send the committee a document outlining the differences between the current system and what the bill proposes.

We had been asking for this for years, but the government wasn't doing anything. Now, Mr. Trump just made an announcement. As if by magic, the bill quickly materializes. To the best of your knowledge, has the government been working on this bill for a long time? Were you consulted in the past regarding the drafting of this bill?

We appreciate it. You seemed to be saying earlier that the proposed bill is comparable to the approach taken by world leaders, such as the United States. Why doesn't the government simply propose the system used in the United States? Instead of responding to a request from President Trump practically overnight in order to satisfy him, why don't we just copy the approach taken in the United [more]

You have many resources. We are, after all, talking about a bill. We would like to have as much legal information as possible. You also seem to be saying that Canada couldn't adopt the same approach as the United States for some reason. Could you elaborate on this and also provide supporting documents explaining why Canada couldn't use the same approach as the United States?

I know that. However, you said that we couldn't do this, so does that mean—

I'll try to do the same, Mr. Chair. You just said that the bill would make things simpler than the current system in the United States, for example. Now, let's talk about a bill introduced by the Bloc Québécois. It proposes to target certain regions where forced labour is known to take place—such as the Uyghur region—and to require importers of goods from those regions to show that their [more]

I'm well aware of what the bill proposes. You answered my colleague opposite that having a list would be simpler than the U.S. system, for example. We in the Bloc Québécois have introduced a bill on this subject that states that…. It's unfortunate, I lost a minute because you didn't understand the question. In short, you said that it was simpler to have a list than to have the equivalent of what [more]

Could you submit additional details to the committee regarding the comparison between the current system and the bill?

Great. You can start answering the question now.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Obviously, we're pleased with the recent developments. For a number of years now, the Bloc Québécois has been calling for stronger measures than the current ones. That said, we have questions about the effectiveness of the measures currently proposed in the bill. In the text of the bill that it just introduced, the government specifically determines the products that would [more]