Statements by Members
Retirement Congratulations
“I'm filling time by talking up my region. I want people to feel good about where I'm from. It's Gaspé Day, so let's all appreciate the friendly folks back home.”
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Alexis Deschênes
Deschênes focuses on advocating for Quebec's interests, especially around culture, language, and Quebec getting its 'fair share'. He pushes for the government to spend more on remote regions like his riding, as they have higher costs. Deschênes often repeats questions to try to back the government into a corner, and peppers his statements with subtle digs at the Liberals' competence.
Statements by Members
Journée de la Gaspésie
“I want to say nice things about my riding. It makes me happy to talk about the people and places in Gaspé. I hope this makes people feel good.”
Government Orders
Business of Supply
“Exports are bad. The forestry industry has big U.S. duties. The government should pay off those duties to help businesses. Why didn't they do what we suggested?”
“We have a lot of seasonal workers in my riding. I met a woman who pushes carts of crabs and lobsters. She had trouble with EI. The government should fix EI for seasonal workers.”
“I want the government to help one business in my riding. These companies are sad - make it better.”
“Canada has very high household debt. The people most hurt by that are low-income seasonal workers. Lise Lapierre lost her EI benefits for over a month. She had no other choice but to go into debt. When will the government fix EI so seasonal workers don't have a spring gap without any income?”
Oral Questions
The Environment
“You forgot many bad things on your list. Many groups say you won't meet your climate targets. You say you will meet them. But you never show evidence. I think you are lying.”
Government Orders
Business of Supply
“You failed. Admit your old boss was bad at her job.”
“The minister says she wants equitable distribution. But after months in charge, she still has no concrete proposals. I think she should stop delaying and act now.”
“Do you plan to copy Europe for how to distribute asylum seekers?”
“You should know Europe has ways to distribute asylum seekers. Why don't we do that?”
“It's still bad. Why won't you admit nothing has improved?”
“The numbers still say Quebec is taking way more than its share. Try harder.”
“I want to put you on the spot and make you admit your policy is failing.”
“Whether the number went down doesn't matter. Quebec still takes too many asylum seekers. I don't care about any progress. Only Quebec's share today matters.”
“How can you call it a success when Quebec still gets nearly twice as many asylum seekers as it should? This situation is not good enough.”
“I want Quebec to stop taking so many asylum seekers. I'm trying to whip up outrage by saying our large share is a bad thing.”
“Why hasn't this problem fixed itself yet? Some provinces should fix it.”
“The last guy screwed up, didn't he? When will you admit nothing got better?”
“You haven't fixed it. Last guy must have been useless too.”