Luc Berthold
Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière, Quebec · Conservative · Canada
“Mr. Speaker, let me thank the member for Saint‑Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton for his remarks and for the years he has spent serving the people of his riding.”
“Mr. Speaker, Canada is a country of lakes, mountains and rivers. Sadly, more and more anglers, paddlers and boaters fear they will lose access to Quebec's lakes. While public access points are disappearing or becoming prohibitively expensive, the Liberals are looking the other way and leaving local authorities to fend for themselves.”
“Mr. Speaker, during question period, the Leader of the Government in the House made derogatory comments about one of our members. I have to say that any seat one occupies here in the House is just as important as any other, and I would invite him to apologize to all—”
“Mr. Speaker, they want us to applaud them for putting a bandage over a wound they created. That is the issue. I have a message for the Prime Minister , who is at the G7. I also have a message for this minister.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister will attend the G7 summit today as the only leader to have led his country into a recession. Full-time workers are living in RVs because they can no longer afford housing.”
“Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be here today to ask this long-awaited question, as my colleague the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons would say. As we know, millions of Canadians look forward to this every week. I have even heard that people in France are waiting for this moment. Apparently, we are quite popular.”
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“Mr. Speaker, “Montreal ravaged by hunger” headlines La Presse. Food Banks Canada's HungerCount 2025 paints a bleak picture of the state of Canadian families' finances after 10 years of Liberal government. Across Quebec, nearly 600,000 people receive help each month from food assistance organizations. Across Canada, more than two million people a month use food banks. The trend has accelerated after 10 years of Liberal inflationary spending: 33.5% of them are children, nearly twice as many as six years ago. Does the Prime Minister still think it is time to ask them to make sacrifices?”
“Madam Speaker, I listened carefully to my colleague's speech. I heard him mention that he is new to the House. Since this government came to power, many bills have been introduced. In my speech yesterday, I called this a pothole repair operation. It is like the government is going around trying to fix potholes all over the place. For 10 years, the Liberals created holes everywhere and caused all sorts of problems, particularly when it comes to immigration and the Canada Revenue Agency. Bill C‑12 is just one more step in the repair operation. The government is filling a hole, but it is not addressing the root cause. Does my colleague agree that just filling in potholes does not make for good roads? Filling in holes will not fix the root cause of the problem, which is a Liberal government that has been in power for far too long.”
“Madam Speaker, I can just say one thing: Canada will always be a country that is open to refugees who are truly in need. For refugees fleeing war and hardship, Canada will be open. However, sending a tweet inviting the whole world to come settle in Canada and then forgetting about these people is unacceptable, immoral and, dare I say, heartless.”
“Madam Speaker, I think that my colleague is still a bit confused. He mixed up the Liberals and the Conservatives, and I think his statements are still a bit muddled. As I see things, it was the Liberal government that lowered the thresholds. When they were lowered from 30 to 20 and from 20 to 10 overnight, without any warning to businesses, families or workers that this was coming, that was a Liberal decision. I know that my colleague is eager for the Conservatives to be in power so that he can criticize them, as we saw at the start of his intervention. Right now, however, the situation we are in was caused by the Liberals' ineptitude, incompetence and negligence in matters of immigration. I would just like to remind my colleague that he can ask the Liberals some pointed questions on this matter too.”
“Madam Speaker, is the House familiar with the concept of a pyromaniac firefighter? Essentially, it is when a person starts a fire and then sits by the phone waiting for a call to come in saying that there is a fire for them to go put out. The person causes problems and then tries to pretend to fix the problems that they themselves caused. The Liberals say that a new Prime Minister means a new approach. They say that they now realize they created some problems but that they are going to fix everything. The trouble is that it is the same government, the same actors, the same people. In fact, the Prime Minister is the same person who advised the former prime minister to make his bad decisions. It is six of one and half a dozen of the other. The government is like a pyromaniac firefighter with a hero complex.”
“They are not repairing potholes; they are digging more and making them bigger. We were seeing the first signs of spring, but instead we are in for another storm of Liberal spending. Just today, the Prime Minister confirmed in the House that he will run a generational deficit on November 4. They are not fooling us. Bill C‑12 will plug a few holes, but the root causes of the Liberal legacy of the past 10 years will unfortunately remain.”
“Sadly, since taking office seven months ago, this Prime Minister has done nothing to act on his promises. Bill C-12 may close a few loopholes, but it will not quiet the fears of Canadians who have never before seen their country change as much as it has in the past 10 years of this long Liberal winter. Time is flying by. The Liberals would have us believe that spring is coming. However, they have not even started fixing the potholes, and winter already seems to be right around the corner. Never before have we seen a pothole repair be botched so badly. This Prime Minister promised to spend less, but he is spending twice as much as his predecessor. He promised to maintain the deficit, but we now know that it will be much bigger than the one predicted by Canada's most spendthrift prime minister before him.”
“The Liberal government's attitude to immigration as a whole has created some really desperate situations that are heartbreaking for the people experiencing them. Let us now turn our attention to crime. I will let the numbers speak for themselves. After 10 years of Liberal governance, the total number of violent crimes is up 49.84%. Homicides are up 28%. Gang-related homicides are up 78%. Sexual assaults are up 74%. Extortion is up 357%. What action did the Liberals take last winter to protect Canadians? They took no action. On the contrary, they made the situation worse by passing legislation like Bill C-5 and Bill C-75 , which set criminals loose, let abusers serve their sentences at home and forced judges to let criminals go as fast as possible.”
“This bill would make it harder for all these people, whom we welcomed with open arms after the former prime minister sent a tweet inviting them to come to Canada. This message was heard across the country, but today, it is making many people unhappy. We have all heard about it in our riding offices. This improvised approach hurt people, it hurt families and it hurt businesses. After a decade of the Liberals' absolutely disastrous mismanagement of the immigration system, the number of refugee claims has risen to 296,000 today. That is huge. Think about it. Ten years ago, we only had 10,000 and now, we have 296,000. At the current pace, it would take the government 25 years to process the 296,000 pending files. Let that sink in. It is absolutely unacceptable. It is a disaster.”
“Most importantly, the government is forgetting that those affected are human beings with children, families and a dream, a dream of settling in Canada. In the beginning, the temporary foreign worker program had the very specific goal of addressing temporary labour shortages. However, under the Liberals, this program grew and it became a permanent solution to problems that the government refused to address. This program was working well and meeting its objectives, but the Liberals created so much chaos and neglected the program so much that, today, people who should be able to go through the proper channels no longer have time to do so because the system is so broken. Bill C‑12 is not fixing the problem of temporary workers.”
“As I said, a pothole repair operation is a superficial fix that is not used to repair holes for good, but rather to simply fill them in. After how badly Bill C-2 failed, Bill C‑12 is a superficial fix to tackle the damage caused by the Liberals over the past 10 years. By the way, this part was not written by my intern. I just want to clarify that. (1710) Let us talk about immigration. The government made our businesses dependent on temporary foreign workers. Now, with Bill C-12 , the government is going to punish the very people it made promises to when they decided to come settle here in Canada. This is not just about compassion. It is contradictory. The government made our businesses dependent on these workers and now it is trying to break that dependency without a plan, leaving businesses and workers in limbo.”
“That is the biggest pothole of all with a deficit that has doubled and inflationary spending that has created many smaller holes in the pockets of all Canadians, who can no longer make ends meet at the end of the month. Canadians are $200 away from being in the red, from no longer being able to pay their bills at the end of the month. They are struggling and they are being forced to make tough choices at the grocery store. Today, the Liberals would have us believe that spring is right around the corner. They have looked under the snow after 10 years in power, and what they saw was really not pretty. Their woke Liberal ideological policies have caused a great deal of damage, and Canadians will be left to pay the price for years to come.”
“If it is only a quick fix, they will have to come back again the year after that. What does this have to do with Bill C‑12? Before the members opposite ask me that question, I will explain. It is very simple. It is as though we are coming out of an extremely long 10-year winter during which the Liberals dug holes everywhere. There are potholes in every department after 10 years of Liberal mismanagement. Whether we are talking about justice, immigration, passports or delays at the Canada Revenue Agency, there are potholes everywhere after the long Liberal winter. I did not talk about the biggest pothole of all, and that is the country's finances.”
“Just before summer, at the turn of spring, municipal road crews get to work filling as many holes as possible as quickly as possible to keep them from getting bigger, to prevent cars from breaking down and to ensure pedestrians do not get hurt. I have no doubt that all this is done with the best of intentions. However, anything goes when it comes to filling holes. They act quickly. They know that what they are repairing will not really be repaired because it is just a quick fix. They will have to come back a little later. They intervene for appearances' sake, knowing full well that the repairs are cosmetic, which means that instead of being fixed, the problem will get worse year after year. The following year, they will have to come back because the hole will be a little bigger.”
“I congratulate all the interns on their achievements and thank the organizers and sponsors of this wonderful program, which gives young Canadians the opportunity to experience first-hand the decision-making process on our beautiful Parliament Hill. Let me get back to today's topic, namely Bill C‑12 . Before going into the details of the bill, I would like to take a step back and look at the big picture of what this Liberal government has done in 10 years. Since this Prime Minister was elected, I believe that we have witnessed the largest pothole repair operation in Canadian history. What is a pothole? After a long, hard winter, when the snow melts, we discover that our roads are full of holes. There are big ones, little ones, huge ones and potholes in the making. There are holes everywhere, especially in the municipalities.”
“Madam Speaker, before I begin my speech, I want to take a moment to thank Divya Dey, who is participating in the parliamentary internship program and who gave me the great privilege of choosing me for her first stint with a member of the House of Commons. She is a brilliant and dynamic young woman from the Greater Toronto Area who speaks excellent French and who chose a member from a rural region in Quebec. I hope that many people from Toronto will do the same thing and follow her example in order to discover the beautiful regions of Quebec. Today Divya helped me research and write this speech. Obviously, I added the partisan side of my speech myself because interns have to remain non-partisan during their time with us. I wanted to warn people that some of the passages are my own creation.”
“Mr. Speaker, allow me to translate what he just said. He is talking about generational investments. These are investments that will borrow from future generations of young Canadians. For 10 years, the Liberals have been promising that their deficits are attracting more investments to Canada. The Minister of Finance is keeping all the deficit spending policies that have driven many Canadians to use food banks. Since the Prime Minister was elected, tens of billions of investment dollars have fled Canada. Will the Prime Minister, yes or no, end this spending spree or, at the very least, honour his promise of keeping the deficit under $42 billion?”
“Mr. Speaker, this Liberal government was elected exactly 10 years ago on one specific promise, namely that it would run small deficits and return to a balanced budget during its first term. That promise was supposed to generate investment here in Canada. What remains of that promise 10 years later? The Liberal debt has doubled, and Canada has the worst economic growth per capita in the G7. Will the Prime Minister at least keep his promise and ensure that the deficit in the next budget does not exceed $42 billion?”
“Mr. Speaker, we want a country where pension funds are looking to invest their money here in Canada to create jobs here in Canada, rather than doing what the Liberals are doing and sending $1 trillion to the United States over the next five years, which will cost us jobs. The Prime Minister came back empty-handed. I am not the one saying that; it is coming from The Globe and Mail, Le Devoir, Le Soleil and Radio-Canada. In fact, let me quote Radio-Canada's delicious description of the meeting between the Prime Minister and Trump: “so many flowers, so little fruit”. Apparently flowers are expensive in the United States. Why is the Prime Minister sending our companies and jobs to the United States, rather than keeping his promise to end the tariffs?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals do not want to talk about the $1 trillion. That is how much money the Prime Minister promised President Trump that Canada would invest in the United States over the next five years. What did the Prime Minister get in return for that promise? He got a free meal at the White House. That is the result. Our workers are going to lose their jobs because their companies are going to move to the United States. Mines and mills are going to close their doors in Canada and reopen in the United States. Lunch at the White House—is that honestly the victory the Prime Minister promised Canadians?”
“Mr. Speaker, I want to talk about Liberal clarity on the economy. On the one hand, the Liberals claim that the collapse of Canada's economy, the worst performing in the G7, is due to tariffs. On the other hand, they say they have reached an excellent agreement on tariffs. What do the real numbers say? They say that the deficit has doubled, that Canada is the G7 economy with the sharpest contraction, that Canada ranks second to last in terms of unemployment, that the country has bled $54 billion in net investment and that 86,000 people have lost their jobs. Is the Prime Minister a bad diplomat, a bad economist for the country or just plain bad?”
“Mr. Speaker, the wait is over. Tomorrow will be a big day for the Liberal Prime Minister . Tomorrow, the Prime Minister will finally keep his promise to “negotiate a win” for Canada. Tomorrow, tariffs on steel, aluminum, automobiles and softwood lumber will come down, because that is what the Prime Minister promised. The Prime Minister was encouraged to keep his promise to negotiate a win with the United States by July 21, but he broke that promise. His big strategy was to kowtow to the U.S. President, and the tariffs doubled. Tomorrow, will the Prime Minister finally keep his promise to negotiate a win and eliminate all U.S. tariffs in Canada?”
“Mr. Speaker, what gift do seniors get after 10 years under the Liberal regime? They get a damning report published on National Seniors Day that shows one in three seniors is financially supporting adult children or grandchildren. Sixty-seven per cent have to help their families meet their daily expenses. That is 12% more than last year. Because of higher Liberal taxes and inflation, every dollar that the Prime Minister spends comes directly from the pockets of Canadians. I have a question for the Prime Minister. How much more inflation is he going to force on seniors under his plan to double the deficit?”
“Madam Speaker, I encourage the minister to read the newspapers. This morning, Le Devoir had this to say: “The [public safety] minister just proved in spectacular fashion that he is not up to the job”. The comments coming out of the office of the Solicitor General of Ontario are scathing. It says that the gun buyback program does nothing to address the root causes of gun violence in our communities. The Minister of Public Safety basically feels the same way. He was recorded saying so. He was caught in the act of telling the truth, which is a scandal in itself for a Liberal, and he has done nothing to stop the rise in crime in this country. When is the Prime Minister going to fire him?”
“Madam Speaker, the Minister of Public Safety demonstrated this week that he is a Liberal through and through. He said one thing in private and did the opposite in public. In a shocking recording made without his knowledge, the minister admits that the gun buyback program is not worth the money being spent on it, that it is not an effective way to fight crime and that it is designed to score political points in Quebec. However, as a good Liberal, he still went ahead with his costly program that targets law-abiding hunters. While he is misleading Canadians, gun crime has increased by 130% under this Liberal regime. Will the Prime Minister finally fire the Minister of Public Safety?”
“Madam Speaker, I think that one of the major crises that the Liberals are currently trying to cover up and sweep under the rug by sowing division and trying to further divide Canadians is the debt crisis. I heard the finance minister say that this budget will be a generational investment. Just imagine a budget with the kind of spending that even Justin Trudeau would not have thought possible. I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on this new Liberal cover-up.”
“Madam Speaker, I wonder if the member knows that the Liberal government has been engaging in cover-ups for years. What I would like to know is whether the member and all other members of the Liberal Party agree that the government is leading us in a totally unacceptable direction due to the out-of-control debt, the inflation crisis and the crime crisis.”
“Madam Speaker, it has indeed been their MO for 10 years now. Sometimes the Liberals accidentally tell the truth. We saw that this past week with the Minister of Public Safety . It is coming back to haunt him now. I must say that, unfortunately, when there are moments of lucidity like that, it is purely accidental. The Liberals usually want to cover things up and make sure the crises that they are going through and that they themselves created are swept under the rug.”
“Madam Speaker, I will never put up with being told that I am not defending the interests of my province, the interests of the people back home and my constituents. That is not true. When I talk about the mother who cannot afford to buy lunch for her children, when I talk about seniors who are forced to make tough choices, I am defending Quebeckers who are struggling after 10 years of this Liberal regime. What I am doing is standing up for the people back home, the people of Beauce and the Appalaches region. My colleague should wait to see the results of the vote tomorrow before making all sorts of claims and speaking nonsense.”
“The Minister of Finance and National Revenue promised us a budget containing a generational investment, but, as he is so adept at doing, he will table a budget containing multi-generational spending and debt that citizens and young people will be paying off for generations. I want Canadians to hear that.”
“Madam Speaker, I forgot to mention that I will be sharing my speaking time with the member for Regina—Qu'Appelle . One thing is very clear. I am explaining why the Prime Minister is trying to divert attention from the real issues affecting Canadians, issues that impact people's daily lives. That is the reality, and it is not for nothing that the preamble states that the government will not touch Bill 21. The goal is not to take a position on the issue, but to create a crisis that prevents us from talking about the other Liberal crises that have been affecting the country and Canadians for the past decade.”
“The interim parliamentary budget officer said last week in committee that he does not know whether the government currently has fiscal anchors. He told us straight out that the government does not know where it is heading. He said that, at this point, it is impossible for him and for us as parliamentarians to assess the likelihood or probability of the government hitting any fiscal target. He also said that we can bet our boots that we are going to be paying more for debt pretty quickly. The only thing we knew for certain after the interim parliamentary budget officer's committee appearance is that we are going to be paying more for debt. The worst part is that the Liberal members of this committee are keeping him in a constant state of crisis by appointing him on an interim basis rather than confirming his appointment. Why?”
“Madam Speaker, the federal government's intervention is clear: “the Attorney General of Canada takes no position, on any basis whatsoever, on the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Act respecting the laicity of the State .” This is the position that the government took before the Supreme Court to avoid addressing the real issues affecting Canadians. It wants to create a constitutional crisis to prevent us from talking about the opioid crisis, the inflation crisis and the debt crisis. To return to the matter of the budget, how much of our money will this Prime Minister have spent by the time he finally presents us with a budget? No one can say. However, the interim parliamentary budget officer has been quite clear, and I want to emphasize the word “interim” for reasons that will become apparent later on.”
“Before the castle is even half built, the bailiffs will show up. They will seize everything, and the person will lose everything. That is where we are headed. That is the kind of crisis the Liberal Prime Minister is creating by refusing to present Canadians with a budget. He promised us a budget in early fall because we were expecting one. Then it was changed to October. Finally, we found out it will be November 4, which is rather late because the year is already well under way. If we follow the usual schedule, it will be less than six months before another budget is presented.”
“Would members believe that this Liberal Prime Minister is spending more and spending faster than his predecessor, Justin Trudeau? It is true. He is spending more and spending faster than his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. We did not think it was possible. I think that if anyone had been asked before the election whether they honestly thought that a prime minister could spend more and spend faster than Justin Trudeau, they would not have believed it. However, that is what has happened. We are in a situation where the government desperately wants to sweep all this under the rug without tabling a budget. Imagine someone is getting ready to renovate a house. They tell the contractor they want a castle, but when the contractor asks if they can afford it, they say they will take care of that later. What will happen?”
“That is the reality, despite this Liberal Prime Minister 's promises to do things differently and end 10 years of chaos. He was supposed to restore order and lower the cost of living to an acceptable level. That, however, is not what happened. There is no shortage of similar examples. Four million more people are using food banks in Toronto alone. It is mind-boggling. Rising inflation is forcing people to make hard choices. Families can no longer afford to fill their children's lunch boxes with the food they deserve. That is the reality. That is what Canadians want to hear about. What solutions is this government bringing forward to end the Liberal cost of living crisis? There is also another crisis, the debt crisis.”
“Madam Speaker, there is clearly a connection. This Liberal Prime Minister made a lot of promises to Canadians. Now he is trying to further divide Canadians to avoid being held to account. The factum that was submitted to the Supreme Court is yet another attempt to divide Canadians, to pit them against each other so they forget about all the crises and the many promises this Prime Minister made to Canadians to get elected. Now he finds himself in the position of not having an answer. That is the reality. That is the food crisis facing Canadians and Quebeckers. This elderly woman, the one I was talking about before my Bloc Québécois colleague interrupted, has to make very hard choices. She is going without food. She says she cannot remember the last time she had steak.”
“This week, I read about an elderly lady who has to make extremely hard choices due to the cost of groceries. She only eats two meals a day now. She cannot even remember the last time she had steak.”
“Now let me get back to the crises created by this Liberal government, which the Prime Minister is desperately trying to sweep under the rug by creating another crisis, a constitutional crisis this time, to avoid talking about his results. In particular, let us talk about the cost of living crisis. Everyone here knows very well that the cost of living is skyrocketing thanks to inflation. I clearly recall what the Prime Minister said when he swore in his cabinet. He said that he would be judged by the prices at the grocery store. I think the verdict is very clear. Food inflation is 70% above the Bank of Canada's baseline target. What does this mean? It means that beef is more expensive. It means that vegetables are more expensive. It means that the price of groceries is higher than ever.”
“This is really just another crisis that the Liberals are trying to manufacture to avoid talking about the real crises that they themselves have created and that the Prime Minister has inflicted on Canadians after 10 years of this wasteful, ideological and opportunistic regime. Think of the opioid crisis, which is killing vulnerable Canadians at an alarming rate. Incidentally, I would like to thank all the Canadians and members of Parliament who have sent me messages of support since last week. It is important for me to mention this. Canadians across the country have been very kind about the statement I delivered regarding what happened to my son and about the bill that I tabled last week. I would like to personally thank each and every person who took a few moments to express their support.”
“Madam Speaker, I will begin by reading an excerpt from the Attorney General of Canada 's factum in the case we are discussing today. The following excerpt is taken from the first paragraph: In accordance with his role as intervener, the Attorney General of Canada takes no position, on any basis whatsoever, on the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Act respecting the laicity of the State . However, as s. 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is invoked with increasing frequency, it is important to consider whether there are constitutional limits on the use of this provision in addition to those outlined in Ford v. Quebec . I think it is very important that we take stock and discuss this situation.”
“This enactment amends the Youth Criminal Justice Act in order to (a) clarify the measures governing addiction treatment programs for young persons; (b) enable, in some cases, the youth justice court that finds a young person guilty of an offence to delay sentencing to enable the young person to participate in an addiction treatment program; (c) enable the youth justice court to include in certain orders the condition of attending an addiction treatment program; The Criminal Code already gives judges this option when sentencing adults. I hope my colleagues will support my bill to make this option explicitly available when young people are being sentenced as well. I would like to thank everyone who helped us draft this bill for David's friends. (Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)”
“Bill C‑231. Introduction and first reading moved for leave to introduce Bill C-231, An Act to amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act . He said: Mr. Speaker, it is with a great deal of emotion that I rise today with the support of my wife, Caro, who is at home, to introduce my first bill, the friends of David bill. This bill aims to help teenagers who are struggling with addiction at a very young age to access treatment programs so that they can get help rather than being punished by the justice system.”
“Mr. Speaker, do my colleagues know what the Parliamentary Budget Officer said about November 4? The Parliamentary Budget Officer has confirmed that the deficit is going to be a lot higher. Reports indicate that it could reach as high as $100 billion. Canadians know that massive Liberal deficits fuel inflation. They are the ones paying the price at the grocery store. Food inflation is 70% higher than the target. Instead of bullying the Parliamentary Budget Officer by constantly reminding him that his appointment is only temporary or pointing out how many days he has left until his term of office ends, will the Prime Minister admit that doubling the deficit without any fiscal anchors will raise inflation and punish families?”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberal Prime Minister promised to cap government spending, but he is doubling the deficit. This is another broken promise, another Liberal bait and switch. Yesterday, the Parliamentary Budget Officer issued a scathing indictment of the latest Liberal Prime Minister's first six months in office. “The deficit will absolutely be higher”, he said. “I don't know that the government currently has fiscal anchors”, he said. He said there is no clarity, no structure. Even the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer does not know these things. Can anyone in this government tell us how far into the Liberal red the latest Prime Minister's deficit will go?”
“Mr. Speaker, are the Liberals ashamed that their Prime Minister has not kept his promise to make groceries more affordable? Statistics Canada has revealed that, since this Liberal Prime Minister came to power, the price of stewing beef increased by 22% from March to June, the price of potatoes went up by 20% and the price of onions by 11%. Even the folk singer La Bolduc would no longer be able to afford the tasty stew she sang about. Canadians will judge him by their grocery bills. He said so himself. The verdict is in: another broken Liberal promise. Why is this Prime Minister making grocery shopping a costly and painful experience for all families?”
“Mr. Speaker, on the day his cabinet was sworn in, the Liberal Prime Minister said that Canadians would judge him by the cost of groceries. Let us take a look at the results of this Liberal regime: Food inflation is now 70% higher than the inflation target, families are paying more, children are eating less, and this is just another broken promise from the Liberals. Does the Prime Minister admit that those words were just more Liberal deceit because this Prime Minister is just another Liberal? Why is this Prime Minister making grocery shopping an increasingly painful and expensive experience for families?”
“However, life threw him one curveball and then another, and David's old demons resurfaced because he had kept in touch with his friends. My wife, Caro, wrote this on Facebook on September 10: Seven months ago today, my son took his own life....Because he wouldn't ask for help...he wouldn't take the hand that was being held out to him.... Today, September 10, is Suicide Prevention Day. Please...ask for help or...accept the help that people who love you offer you.... I urge all of David's friends not to do what he did. Help is always available. We love you, David.”
“Mr. Speaker, I have a message for David's friends. David was our first child, mine and Caro's first child. He had a heart as big as the sky, and we were so proud of him. As a big brother, he was protective toward his two sisters, Marie-Soleil and Justine. He was a boy who never held back from saying “I love you” to his parents. David was also a young man who tried marijuana one day with his friends. He was the type of young person who wanted to try everything himself. After experiencing his first heartbreak, David found comfort among his friends. Experimentation evolved into addiction. One day he went too far and wound up in front of a judge, but he promised he would never do drugs again. He turned his life around, found love again and became a dad to Clovis and Éloi. David saw himself as a strong guy. He had no need of therapy.”
“Mr. Speaker, it is clear, I think it goes without saying that we do not share the same opinion on this issue. We understand the Bloc Québécois does not want projects to be fast-tracked, particularly projects allowing for a global reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, liquefied natural gas projects and pipelines. There is one thing, however, on which I agree with my colleague, and that is the lack of transparency by the Prime Minister . She talked about it at the end of her speech. It is rather troubling. We agreed on some amendments with the Bloc Québécois to ensure the government would have to comply with ethics laws. I would like my colleague to say a few words herself about this lack of transparency and the current Prime Minister's many conflicts of interest.”