Steeve Lavoie

Thank you, Mr. Nankivell. Mr. Smith, earlier, my colleague Ms. Acan asked you some questions. There's one question she didn't have time to ask you, so I'll ask it on her behalf: Once Canadian suppliers identify a potential foreign customer, what are the main obstacles to obtaining the necessary authorizations in that country? What concrete support could a federal government provide?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for being with us today. Mr. Nankivell, in 2025, you wrote an article entitled “Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy at three: presence, partnerships and the next turn”. You touched briefly on diversification and expanding markets. However, one thing caught my attention, and I'd like to give you the opportunity to expand on it with us today: namely, [more]

Mr. Speaker, that is an excellent question. We were fortunate to be able to make that extraordinary announcement this summer after years and years of working with Davie, a real gem in our community. I worked in the Quebec City area as the president of the chamber of commerce. The Davie shipyard is located on the other side of the river, in Lévis. Most of its suppliers are from the Quebec City [more]

Mr. Speaker, I talked about something very important in my speech: the status quo. I have talked about it throughout my career, and I will keep talking about it. People often keep doing the same things while hoping to achieve different results. We introduced a bill. We want to do things differently. We want to speed up projects and provide predictability for investors. Doing things faster does [more]

Madam Speaker, taking a closer look at the bill, clearly the goal is to fast-track projects. My colleague talked about bureaucracy. What we want is to make it easier to get projects done. We want to make everything more predictable over time. We want to speed things up. That is exactly what Canadians are asking us to do. We have signed more than 20 trade agreements. Now we need to allow [more]

Mr. Speaker, as the parliamentary session begins, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and all my colleagues well, along with the many parliamentary employees who make our work here in the House possible, day in and day out. I am very pleased to see everyone again after a great summer in my riding of Beauport—Limoilou. C-39 Over the past few months, I have met with over 50 [more]

C-39 Mr. Speaker, my story is almost finished. My colleague will be able to put it to good use and I will get back to Billvery soon. What the people at that organization told me is worth remembering. The second student job position really helped get volunteers some time off, time for their first-ever vacation. Let that sink in for a second. Having one extra person made it possible for volunteers [more]

Thank you. I see my time is running out. Mr. Deegan, I listened to what you said earlier about print media. What is your vision for print media in terms of competition, given the rise of artificial intelligence? What is your vision for the next 10 years? How do you see it evolving?

Thank you, Chair. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us. Your presence here this morning is very important. Mr. Stephenson, I really admire the work you do. You’re in Vancouver. I’d like to pick up on some of what you said. You mentioned time, capacity, and resources for small and medium-sized businesses. Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières professor of economics Frédéric Laurin was [more]

What you’re doing with micro-businesses is really interesting. As I was listening to you, I was wondering if we could replicate this elsewhere, since we're seeing the same phenomenon elsewhere in Canada. You work with micro-businesses. Do you have plans to start working with medium-sized businesses? How many employees would you say a micro-business has? What's the next level? I know you’ve [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am glad to be back in Ottawa after a busy summer in my riding of Beauport—Limoilou. I spent the past few months visiting businesses, attending events and meeting with organizations. Most importantly, I took time to listen to everyone's concerns, needs and ideas. Whether in the beautiful parks of Beauport or on the bustling streets of Limoilou, each of these encounters reminded me [more]

Mr. Speaker, when I entered into politics, I wanted to do the same thing I did in the private sector. I wanted the money to be spent here at home. I am from Quebec City. Beauport—Limoilou is in Quebec City. The important thing is that the spending happens here. Now I work at the federal level. The money needs to come back here and be spent here. I am pleased to see the government investing here, [more]

Mr. Speaker, as this is the last time I will be speaking in the House before the summer, I would like to take a moment to pay tribute to those we typically see less of, and without whom our work here would quite simply be impossible. Every day, behind each of our speeches, debates, votes and committee proceedings, there are hundreds of dedicated professionals who ensure that this institution [more]

C-30 Mr. Speaker, I suggest that my colleague look at the final vote on Billto see how many of the Conservatives' amendments were adopted. The answer is a big fat zero. Not a single amendment proposed by the Conservatives was adopted. Their amendments were designed for the sole purpose of obstructing the process. In fact, when it came time to vote, the Conservatives withdrew them all.

Mr. Speaker, I will start with the first part of his question. He mentioned la-la land. What I find funny is that I get the impression he was talking to himself. Here is what I took from the Bloc Québécois after watching them during the debate on Bill C-30: They spent all their time complaining, but made no proposals. The Bloc Québécois did not table any amendments during consideration of Bill [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his excellent speech. We spent many hours together at the Standing Committee on Finance. I would like to hear his opinion, because things move very quickly here and sometimes we do not have time to discuss things. I would like to know how he felt during all those hours when we were unable to move the bill forward, when we could not make any progress because [more]

Mr. Speaker, as I said, the Canada investment summit will be held in Canada. I talked about the $97-billion investments earlier. Those are investments that Canada already has. Every week, billions of dollars continue to be added because of our economic and political stability.