Xavier Barsalou-Duval

Mr. Speaker, I hereby table petition e-6836, which has been duly certified by the clerk of petitions. The petition, signed by 810 people, responds to the House of Commons vote on October 8, 2024, in support of the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, entitled “Reducing the Impact of Commercial Shipping on Shoreline Erosion in the Great Lakes-St. [more]

Mr. Speaker, I congratulate my colleague opposite on his speech. His argument in favour of transportation electrification and electric vehicles was certainly music to my ears. I could not agree more. However, over the past year, the sector has experienced a significant funding shortfall. The government unilaterally ended the EV funding program, and that caused a drop in demand. What does my [more]

Mr. Speaker, when I opened the newspaper last week, I was surprised to see that Ontario premier Doug Ford, a Conservative, had the audacity to ask Quebec to abandon its electric vehicle sales targets. Today, the Conservatives have put forward a motion that seeks to do pretty much the same thing. It uses different words, but the message is the same: There will be no more support for the [more]

Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary made a compelling case for electric vehicles. I must commend him for that, but I still cannot help but point out that his government basically gutted the transportation electrification industry over the past year, with disastrous results for the industry. Now, the government is trying to patch things up, but it is going to be difficult to turn this [more]

Thank you. It sounds like the region will experience major impacts in that sector. I'm eager to find out what you hear, but they may be in the same position and can talk to government representatives now that they're more aware of what this means. If I'm not mistaken, your company is also dealing with issues around customs clearance. Many other witnesses who have appeared here have told us that [more]

Will there be substantial losses? Conversely, had the subsidy been made available to you, would you profit as a result? Do you have a sense of how much profit or loss there might be?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Rivest, earlier you spoke of the importance of medium-sized ports, the regional ports. You even went so far as to say that certain ports needed investment, if I am not mistaken, because their handling capacity infrastructure was limited. In fact, this is something we have also heard in other committees, whether about the port of Quebec or that of Matane. The port of [more]

I hear your apology, but it remains unacceptable that we had to compel you to appear today. In the messages we received at committee, as well as in the testimony you have provided so far, you have mentioned that Canada Post does not engage with the Driver Inc. model and does not employ Driver Inc. contractors. In my view, awarding contracts to these truckers still amounts to a form of [more]

I find that response rather inconsistent. You say you're not involved in this, but you're giving them contracts. I have court rulings here. Companies have been named. It's been proven that they misclassified workers, which means they used the Driver Inc. model. Worse still, I have examples, if you're not convinced yet. I didn't hear you say that, but I almost get the impression that you're [more]

Mr. Ettinger, did you read La Presse on February 9? Have you read the reports stating that over 25 companies you work with allegedly use the Driver Inc. model and hire Driver Inc. truckers?

All the ministers have questioned you on this issue. They came to your office and asked you what you were doing. Isn't that right?