François-Philippe Champagne

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives cannot stand good news, but I have good news for them. Not only are we are meeting our NATO commitment, but we tabled legislation to boost home sales in the country with new construction. They should rejoice. We are going to boost construction and we are going to support our industry. We are going to support our construction workers. Instead of yelling, they should [more]

Mr. Speaker, we understand the situation. That is why, on this side of the House, we have provided a number of measures to help Canadians and Canadian families. I think of the Canada child benefit, which is making a real difference. I think of the national school food program, which is helping kids across the country. I think about the Canada disability benefit our government put in place. I [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her strong leadership. She is right. There is even more good news. We can just look at the Conservatives' faces. They are waiting for that, because they are going into their ridings. We are expecting to get royal assent for the budget implementation act. This is a great day for Canadians, because Canadians will see a production-enhancing tax credit and a [more]

C-26, An Act to authorize certain payments to be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund for the purpose of improving housing supply moved for leave to introduce Bill.

Mr. Speaker, once again, we see that the Conservatives are incapable of hearing good news. Not only do we have some good news, but we are also reaching our 2% NATO target. They should be applauding. We have more good news to make them happy before they go back to their ridings. This morning, we introduced a bill that will help us increase new home sales in Canada. We are strengthening the [more]

Mr. Speaker, a question like that is not very polite. Canadians are standing together and keeping their elbows up, and we, on this side of the House, are proud of this country. Canada has one of the most highly educated populations in the world. We are proud to build ships, planes and cars. We are proud of the Algoma Steel workers still on the job. We are proud to have critical minerals. We are [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is shameful to see the Conservatives talking down the Canadian economy. Canadians are proud people. We have the most educated workforce in the world. We build ships, cars and planes. We have critical minerals, and we have energy. We are the only G7 country that has a trade agreement with all the other G7 nations. On this side of the House, we are proud of our workers, we are [more]

Mr. Speaker, our Conservative colleagues seem to be living on a desert island. The reality is that Canada and every other G7 country are facing a trade war. On this side of the House, we have put forward an ambitious plan to make Canada's economy the strongest in the G7. As I said earlier, contrary to what my colleague said, Canada is in an enviable position in the G7. We are investing in our [more]

Mr. Speaker, let me bring some facts to this discussion. Fact one is that Canada has the lowest net debt-to-GDP in the G7. Fact two is that Canada has one of the lowest deficits-to-GDP in the G7. Fact three is that Canada has the second-fastest growing economy in the G7. Fact four is that we have attracted more foreign direct investment lately than we did in the last 18 years. We should [more]

Thank you, Mr. Lemire. That gives me an opportunity to say something about this. You know, I recently had the opportunity to participate in the official opening of the Shawinigan tax centre. This is one example of how investing in the future helps to secure jobs. We had one of the largest centres where the agency conducts audits, and I believe it was the most bilingual in Canada. I made sure [more]