Jacques Gourde

Mr. Speaker, I hear my colleague promoting the Liberal budget. Yesterday, I heard the Minister of Finance promoting his budget as energetically as a 1960s vacuum cleaner salesman. Remember the big Electrolux vacuum cleaner that was supposed to suck up all the dust? With this budget, the government is sucking up all the money out of Canadians' wallets. The Liberals certainly have convinced us [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am excited about anything that supports the francophonie, particularly if it means conducting an economic study to examine the benefits of the Canadian francophonie around the world.

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are pushing today's problems down the road by cutting a cheque. They are offloading them onto my grandchildren. Maéva, Loïc, Béatrice, Delphine, Arthur, Mathilde, Clémence and Octave are calling on the Liberal government to take responsibility today so that they will not be crushed by debt tomorrow. Will the Liberal government finally listen to the people who are going [more]

Calgary Centre Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for. When we look at the budget this Liberal government is presenting, we have to wonder what happened to all of its big promises. The government promised an ambitious budget. It talked about growth, productivity, streamlining and a new way of doing things. Rhetoric aside, once one has actually read the budget and looked at [more]

C-39 Mr. Speaker, I am sure my colleague agrees with me. Under the new provision of Bill, the government is giving itself the power to start major projects without waiting for the results of the environmental assessment. It will look at the recommendations after, and then it might do something about them, or it might not. Basically, the government is just doing whatever it wants.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his very thoughtful question. I am worried too. I am worried about what life will be like for my children and especially for my grandchildren. The budget's projections extend as far as 2060. In 2060, my grandchildren will be paying for today's disastrous budget and its long-term consequences. Five years from now, we will already be paying $85 [more]

Mr. Speaker, we cannot become masters of our destiny by mortgaging our grandchildren's future. Canadians are trapped by Liberal debt. The projected deficit for the next five years is $288.7 billion, just for government operations, bringing the total to $1.593 trillion. When will the Liberal government start thinking about returning to a balanced budget?

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, while businesses are shutting down, workers are losing their jobs and families are struggling to make ends meet, thewould rather play his Trump card. He said last week that he could wait two and a half years to secure a trade agreement. Conveniently, after calling by-elections, he suddenly picked up the phone and called the U.S. President. Canadians do not want [more]

Mr. Speaker, farmers along the high-speed rail route want to be heard by the Liberal government, and they deserve to be heard. However, it seems that the government listens more to visitors from Europe. What is wrong with this picture? The Liberals are silencing Canadians whose land will be expropriated by European-style projects that have no guarantee of long-term profitability. When will this [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would like my colleague to circle back to the consultations with Quebec. At the same time, he could say a few words about the government's co-operation on this bill in committee. Does he expect there will be co-operation, or will the majority make a decision against the opposition?

Mr. Speaker, the Parliamentary Budget Officer's latest report revealed that the deficits over the next five years will total more than $330 billion. In addition, the Alto project represents another $150 billion. The Liberal government is digging itself deeper and deeper into a bottomless pit of debt. Can the Liberals confirm whether or not the $150 billion for the Alto project is included in the [more]