Alexis Deschênes

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his contribution to this debate. I would like him to tell us more about excluding MAID altogether as an option for people whose sole medical condition is a mental illness. Even if we asked 10 different doctors, each of them might well come up with a different diagnosis. I get a sense that this can happen with any diagnosis. By closing the door on [more]

C‑31 Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my colleague. We can agree that Billcovers a great many things. There is one part that particularly bothers me. It is that public servants will be allowed to make mistakes. One of the divisions of Bill C‑31 introduces a new form of immunity. What does that immunity mean? It means that if a citizen has been wronged, they cannot sue a public servant, an [more]

Mr. Speaker, this year we are celebrating the 100th birthday of Suzanne Guité. This great, internationally renowned artist from the Gaspé was born in New Richmond and based in Percé. Suzanne Guité was a sculptor, painter and muralist who trained under international masters. In 1956, she founded the Centre d'art de Percé. She made a name for herself in North America and Europe, from Expo 67 to the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his contribution to this debate. At the beginning of his speech, he said that a person's dignity is not diminished by their suffering or by their dependence on others. Should that not be a personal choice? Should we not trust each individual to decide where to draw the line in terms of when their dignity is at risk? My colleague's personal position is [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his contribution. I want to reassure him that we in the Bloc Québécois are absolutely proud of Quebec. Our problem is that we sometimes find that Canada is slowing down our progress, and that is the case with advance requests for medical assistance in dying. Quebec adopted legislation on this in 2023, but now we have to wait for a bill to amend the Criminal [more]

Mr. Speaker, staff cuts at Parks Canada are an insult to the history of the Gaspé Peninsula: Ninety-five full-time workers are facing possible layoffs in Forillon and Restigouche. These parks are vital to our tourism industry. The insult is all the more egregious considering that 225 Forillon families were expropriated to create the park, causing wounds that have yet to heal. Imagine, Liberals [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his informed contribution to the debate. He raised the idea of proposing a national framework to guide how advance requests are submitted. As my other colleague in the official opposition said, Quebec already has legislation on advance requests. My concern, and I would appreciate some reassurance in this regard, is that the federal government is going [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her contribution to the debate. I want to hear her thoughts about the issue of federalism, respect for areas of jurisdiction and the co-operation that should normally exist within any self-respecting federation. In terms of protecting children, which is an objective we all share, Quebec has already created a special committee and completed a rigorous study [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague and neighbour from Chaleur Bay for his substantive contribution to this debate. C-34 My question for him is quite specific. In Quebec, the issue of young people's screen time has been studied extensively. A commission was set up. It held 30 meetings and spent 32 hours studying the matter, with 7,000 people responding to questionnaires and 2,500 [more]

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's contribution to this debate. He and I are committed sovereignists. We will always feel constrained within Canada. We believe that only independence will allow Quebeckers to express themselves fully and to develop public policies that truly reflect their values and priorities. C‑34 Now, we can see that, before drafting Bill, the government completely [more]

Mr. Speaker, what purpose do the laws we pass here serve? They serve to civilize society. That is what I have always loved about the law and the body of legislation built over time. Obviously, when new sectors emerge, the law often lags a little behind. The government has to catch up and figure out what is happening. C‑34 S‑209 With the development of digital and virtual technology, we have work [more]