Louis Villeneuve

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for his speech, which I support. I would like to know this: In his opinion, what kind of growth potential does the CPTPP hold for our Canadian companies?

Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière Mr. Speaker, during the debates on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, in 2018, the Conservative member forsaid, “We will obviously work with the government to adopt the CPTPP as quickly as possible, because it is important to our industry and to farmers.” During debate on the original version of this agreement, the Conservatives [more]

Thank you very much.

You don't know how pleased I am about it, Mr. Godin. Ms. Chouinard, in your opinion, what are the limits of what a regulation can accomplish? How can other policy tools, such as directives or guidelines, strengthen the application of part VII? Do you have ideas about what those policy tools should include?

I'm sorry to cut you off. I don't have much time left, and I'd like to ask another witness a question.

Mr. Bentley, the regulations emphasize the importance of consulting communities. How could organizations like yours be better integrated into the process?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to start by reassuring my colleague, Mr. Godin. Everyone on this side wants the regulations to achieve their objectives. Actually, I'm firmly convinced that everyone around the table is working to make that happen.

Mr. Speaker, I find it shameful that the Conservatives are calling this is a censorship bill. Hatred is real in our communities. In Brome—Missisquoi, I have constituents who have been subjected to acts that I consider to be highly reprehensible. Do the Conservatives believe it is acceptable to threaten synagogues, threaten Arabs, target LGBTQ people simply because of who they are, wave a Nazi [more]