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  • His favourite word is languages.

Bloc MP for La Pointe-de-l'Île (Québec)

Won his last election, in 2021, with 47% of the vote.

A week ago

Voted No on Vote #847 on Bill C-69 Implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 16, 2024

Voted No on Vote #848 on Bill C-65 Amend the Canada Elections

Voted No on Vote #849 on Bill C-65 Amend the Canada Elections

Voted Yes on Vote #850 Private Members' Business M-109 (Instruction to the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (amendments to the Standing …

Voted Yes on Vote #851 on Bill C-323 Amend the Excise Tax Act (mental health services)

Spoke in the House on Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 Madam Speaker, I congratulate my colleague on his French, and I salute all Franco-Manitobans. We have heard several Liberal ministers say that they are going to …

Spoke in the House on Official Languages Mr. Speaker, by hiring unilingual anglophone employees, Canada Post is undermining the right of all its employees in Quebec to work in French. This issue is …

Spoke in the House on Questions on the Order Paper With regard to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Client Support Centre, in its Montreal offices: what is the number of (i) unilingual anglophone, (ii) bilingual, …

Two weeks ago

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Federal Funding for Minority-Language Post-Secondary Institutions We agree that a lot of time has been wasted, because the Liberals do not accept the majority vote. That is deplorable. However, we will not …

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, it seems that the Conservatives moved this motion because the Liberals wanted to censor the report. Now the report has been released. The Liberals …

Spoke in the House on Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission Act (David and Joyce Milgaard's Law) Mr. Speaker, my question is not about the substance of Bill C‑40, but about the time allocation motion. There are times when the Liberals filibuster, for …

Spoke in the House on Business of Supply Madam Speaker, initially, it seemed that the government had done everything it could to cover up the issue. It began by refusing to hold a public …

Three weeks ago

Spoke in the House on French, Language of the Quebec Nation Madam Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and, if you seek it, I believe you will find unanimous consent for the following motion: That …

Spoke in the House on Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness Act Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I would like to seek unanimous consent to change my vote. I made a mistake. I want …

A month ago

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Annual Report 2023-24 of the Commissioner of Official Languages I see. So you don't know. On another topic, the commissaire à la langue française du Québec prepared a report which said that the number of …

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Economic Development of Official Language Minority Communities It seems to me that the basic rule in democracy is that the majority rules. You declared the motion out of order and we did not …

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Meeting Requested Pursuant to Standing Order 106(4) to Discuss a Request to … It’s important to follow up on what happened, because it is serious. It is totally unacceptable to call a witness extremist and tell him that he …

Two months ago

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Federal Funding for Minority-Language Post-Secondary Institutions Thank you. I think the subamendment is important for a number of reasons. On the one hand, it must be acknowledged that the witnesses relied on ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Federal Funding for Minority-Language Post-Secondary Institutions When we look closely, we see that, at the same time, there is a decline in French in Canada, especially outside Quebec. There is a kind ...

Spoke at the Canadian Heritage committee on Bill C-316 I'd like to add a comment on the subject. We know that Bill 101 was passed in 1977 and that the court challenges program was introduced ...

Spoke at the Official Languages committee on Federal Funding for Minority-Language Post-Secondary Institutions The situation as it stands now seems quite dire. It's evident that post‑secondary institutions are chronically underfunded. As such, shouldn't some degree of balance be restored? ...

More than three months ago

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-354 An Act to amend the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act (Quebec’s cultural distinctiveness and French-speaking communities)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-421 An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (adequate knowledge of French in Quebec)