Sébastien Lemire
- Political Experience
- Elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 2019 for Abitibi—Témiscamingue. Critic of industry, regional high-speed internet and entrepreneurship in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet (2021). Vice chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts (2025).
- Notable
- Admitted to taking a photo of a naked Will Amos on a Zoom call and offered an apology in the House of Commons to that MP (2021).
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Business & Financial Interests
Before his election to Parliament in 2019, Sébastien Lemire had a career in the cultural sector. He was reportedly the general manager of the Conseil de la culture de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue, an organization that supports arts and culture in the region.
Public Controversies
In April 2021, Sébastien Lemire became the subject of a public controversy after he admitted to taking a screenshot of a fellow Member of Parliament, William Amos, who had accidentally appeared nude during a virtual session of the House of Commons. The image was subsequently leaked to the media. Lemire publicly apologized in the House of Commons for his actions, stating that he took the photo but did not know how it was shared publicly. Following his admission, the Bloc Québécois temporarily suspended him from his committee duties. The matter was also investigated by the House of Commons' governing body.
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Sébastien Lemire won with 24,774 votes (49.4%)
Total votes cast: 50,115
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Madam Speaker, I feel like I am unrecognizable today. C‑31 In summary, I have concerns when I look at Bill, especially the part about public contracts. The bill says that this division amends the financial administration to authorize the government to make regulations with respect to the conditions under which contracts may be entered into, despite any other act of Parliament. Essentially, the
Mr. Speaker, let us all raise a glass today in honour of World Milk Day. Today is a reminder of how important dairy farmers and processors are. Lucky for us, we have dairy farmers in almost every region of Quebec. The dairy sector is a major driver of rural development, employment and the vitality of our regions and local economies. Consequently, continuing to protect supply management is
I have a point of order, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm open to this being a friendly amendment that could be incorporated insofar as I've been assured on numerous occasions that the information I was looking for—information made public by a tech media outlet—is the memo that the Privy Council president, Janice Charette, sent to the Prime Minister's Office. These two offices exist for the purpose of providing this
You don't know, Mr. Chair.
Yes.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This motion is in line with what was sent a few hours ago. In my opinion, one of the most important elements is missing, and that is transparency around accessing documents. If we want a study like this to go smoothly, I think we need access to documents. From what I understand, the issue for the government is what's in those documents. Obviously, it's easy for me to ask
Thank you so very much, Mr. Chair. I certainly think you're part of the solution. I'm grateful to everyone involved in finding solutions today, including the technical support staff and the interpreters. The main reason we're here is that the committee gave an order of reference to the House to study what's going on with Cúram following a motion on IT contracts for Cúram, ArriveCAN and pretty
Okay. That makes more sense. I apologize if I misinterpreted the translation.
Regardless, that's the whole point. Obviously, I have questions for all the people named in the third paragraph. However, if the questions are to be relevant, they must apply to the documents we are requesting, which are key to this study, to accountability and to the credibility of our democratic and parliamentary system. One of our parliamentary privileges is requesting access to documents.
My request has to do with information indicating that we may have to reject this amendment, which would exclude the Privy Council Office and the Prime Minister's Office. According to the article in The Logic, the Prime Minister's Office had the information but has not done anything with it since 2022. It's been four years, Mr. Chair. That was before the Auditor General's report came out and
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Normally, in debates like this, repeating something you've already said defeats the purpose. I might get interrupted, but I'm going to take my chances and say it again anyway. I will repeat exactly what I just said. For the time being, I'm voting against the amendment, unless there is a formal commitment from the Liberals to table it in committee. Actually, Madam Clerk,
I invite everyone to go to the site.
Before you do that, I would like to know if the government publicly commits to tabling this document with the committee. If the answer is yes, I will consider that to have the force of an amendment. If not, it will be in the official wording of the motion, which will refer to the article and the information in more detail.
At this point, I just want to say that I have no idea what's going to be sent to us.
Very specifically, Mr. Chair, my understanding is that a comprehensive proposal was going to be sent. If we go through it point by point, obviously, concessions may be made. I feel that this is what has happened a lot, and that I have made a lot of concessions. I just don't feel like getting to the end of the process and, at the end of the day, I'm the only one who has made concessions again. I
I haven't seen anything, so I can't make any promises.
However, I'm very curious, and I'm looking forward to that more comprehensive proposal. Obviously, I can express my opinion about the tenor of the negotiations that took place when it comes time to vote, but I'm not keen on voting on a single aspect rather than the overall picture.