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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/30/24 3:25:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we would like to take a few moments before responding with our comments on this question of privilege at a later time.
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/30/24 3:15:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is the usual Thursday question, but for the last few days, if not weeks, the government has been having a hard time sticking to a schedule. It keeps moving more and more time allocation motions and muzzling parliamentarians on a lot of important bills. Can the government House leader tell us what business is planned for tomorrow and next week? Can we be certain that the schedule he shares with us today will be the same we will see next week?
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/30/24 2:26:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do not know where they are pulling their numbers from. As usual, they are making things up. We know full well that Quebeckers who will be paying at the pump every week are going to notice the difference at the end of the month. That is the reality facing Quebeckers, who pay too much for food and rent, cannot make it to the end of the month and are lining up at food banks. They have no problem understanding Liberal math. It is costing them too much. Will the Liberals listen to common sense and put gas taxes on hold for the summer?
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Context: House Hansard - 321 - May/30/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/30/24 2:24:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years, this Prime Minister and his Bloc Québécois supporters are not worth the cost. Their $500 billion in inflationary spending is forcing parents to skip meals so they can feed their children. While the leader of the Bloc Québécois and several of his members are campaigning to radically increase gas taxes, Quebeckers in the regions are paying the price because they do not have access to public transit. Talk about being completely out of touch. Will the Liberal Bloc set aside its ideological agenda to raise taxes on Quebeckers and vote in favour of our motion to suspend federal taxes for the summer?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:21:19 p.m.
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Madam Chair, how is it then that the minister is unable to say no to the possible decriminalization of hard drugs in Montreal when, according to TVA Nouvelles, “around the [Cactus supervised injection site], psychosis, crack and crystal meth use, and the constant presence of drug dealers have become the norm”? Does the minister continue to claim—
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:21:00 p.m.
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Madam Chair, has the minister, who calls herself the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, ever been to Montreal to see first-hand the scope of the disaster caused by the use of hard drugs?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:20:44 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister know about “crack alley” in Montreal?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:20:26 p.m.
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Madam Chair, can the minister tell us where the money hard drug users are using to buy drugs is coming from?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:20:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I will repeat my question. Is the minister aware of the criminal trafficking of the legal drugs provided free of charge to hard drug users?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:19:44 p.m.
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Madam Chair, is the minister aware of the criminal trafficking of the legal drugs provided free of charge to hard drug users?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:19:09 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister intend to say yes or no to a possible future request from the City of Montreal or the Province of Quebec? Does she intend to not authorize this type of pilot project in Quebec?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:18:48 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister intend to grant the City of Montreal's request and bring the same misery to Quebec that her Prime Minister created in British Columbia, yes or no?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:18:22 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I have here the resolution adopted by Montreal's city council in which it makes this request. Is the minister aware that, in 2023, the mayor of Montreal personally reiterated her support for the legalization of hard drugs?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:18:03 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister plan to say yes to the request made by Montreal's city council in 2021?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:17:44 p.m.
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Madam Chair, is the minister aware of the City of Montreal's plans to urge the federal government to legalize simple possession of hard drugs?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:17:24 p.m.
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Madam Chair, can the minister tell us how many people have died since the possession of small quantities of hard drugs was legalized?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold
  • May/29/24 10:17:04 p.m.
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Madam Chair, no matter what terms the minister uses, was this a pilot experiment that sadly turned fatal? Will she admit her mistake?
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Context: House Hansard - 320 - May/29/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/29/24 10:16:34 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I will be sharing my time with two other colleagues. My questions are for the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions. After the spectacular failure of hard drug legalization in British Columbia, will the minister finally admit that this pilot project was sadly a fatal mistake?
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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/28/24 2:40:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, do people realize what is happening as a result of the housing minister's measures after nine years? More and more Quebeckers are living in tents in Montreal because of the incompetence of this minister and the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister accept our plan so that Canada and Quebec can reach a common-sense agreement to encourage housing construction in Montreal? This agreement will give bonuses to the municipalities that are competent and penalize the municipalities that do not build housing. Will the Prime Minister at least allow a free vote for his MPs to support a bill to build homes, not bureaucracy?
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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)
  • May/28/24 2:38:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the cat is out of the bag. After nine years of inflationary spending, supported by the Bloc Québécois, which has tripled the cost of rent in Montreal, a detailed report in today's edition of La Presse confirms that wait times for construction permits in Montreal are endless. It takes 540 days to get a permit to build a home in the mayor's own borough of Ville-Marie. Will the Prime Minister stop rewarding bureaucratic bungling and start rewarding municipalities that are accelerating the construction of housing, as the Leader of the Opposition's common-sense bill proposes to do?
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