Yves-François Blanchet

Mr. Speaker, my esteemed colleague and friend will be disappointed: I have no explanation. Prime Minister However, I have one concern. My concern is that, from a financial perspective, in the very broad international sense of the term, the's approach is to abandon the idea of a short-term agreement with the United States because he does not believe it is possible. I am afraid he thinks that, in [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to reiterate that we support the idea of diversifying export markets for Canadian and Quebec businesses. This was already happening under the father of the previous prime minister, who wanted to diversify Canada's markets. Now, let us not deceive ourselves. If we sign a trade agreement with a country that accounts for less than half of 1% of our exports and we say we are [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am somewhat taken aback by the cult that apparently believes it has been touched by the hand of God. Occasionally, though not often, he sits among them. Everything that has happened over the past year has been extraordinary. The only problem is that it has yielded no results, and businesses are going to tell them that today.

Mr. Speaker, a one-man team is bound to lose in the end. That is probably the greatest weakness of the current President of the United States. As I mentioned in my remarks, everyone who shares our interests and vision, across party lines, since we have common interests here in the House, must speak and work together. I met with representatives from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Canadian [more]

Mr. Speaker, two things that the Prime Minister certainly knows—and he will explain it himself much better than someone who is not an economist, like me—is that, first, Jean Simard hardly represents SMEs, and second, businesses cannot take on more debt to save jobs. That is a last resort. Can the Prime Minister reconsider—again on a non-partisan basis, since we are reaching out—and do what the [more]

Mr. Speaker, it goes without saying that, unfortunately, the Prime Minister did not answer the question. I will rephrase my question. Given that the measures he is talking about will have no impact in the short term, but only in the medium, long or very long term, and that businesses are in immediate danger during the negotiation period with the United States, am I to understand that the Prime [more]

Mr. Speaker, the government has announced business support measures that will certainly have an uplifting effect over the long term, but will not save jobs, maintain the employment relationship or retain expertise within companies, especially companies at greatest risk. I want to understand why the Prime Minister did not adopt the proposal initially created by his party a few years ago: the wage [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am saying this quite off the cuff while also sidestepping the very appealing image of maple syrup. I think that if the forestry sector had made this suggestion, it would be a good idea. I think that is the direction they would have steered us in. However, strategic reserves always carry one risk, which is that someone needs to purchase the product. Either the product is tied up [more]

Good morning, Mr. Speaker. Prime Minister Eighteen months ago, Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. He took office in January 2025, around the same time that the currentwas portraying himself as something of a saviour for Canadians and the Canadian economy. About 13 months ago, he became that saviour by saying, “No crisis? No [his own name]”. I am not allowed to name him [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, I think I understand the question. I believe it would be unwise to suggest that theof Canada is to blame for the behaviour, attitude and vagaries of the President of the United States, to say nothing of his absence of mind. We are, all of us, victims of that. Nevertheless, the first thing the government needs to do is recognize the scale of the challenge, assess the [more]