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  • His favourite word is forecasting.

Liberal MP for Lac-Saint-Louis (Québec)

Won his last election, in 2025, with 68% of the vote.

Three months ago

Spoke in the House on Points of Order The Chair is now prepared to rule on the point of order raised earlier today by the member for Vancouver East regarding the application of Standing …

Didn't vote on Vote #23 on Bill C-5 Enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada

Didn't vote on Vote #24 on Bill C-5 Enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada

Didn't vote on Vote #25 on Bill C-5 Enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada

Didn't vote on Vote #26 on Bill C-5 Enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada

Didn't vote on Vote #27 on Bill C-5 Enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada

Spoke in the House on Privilege I am now ready to rule on the questions of privilege raised on June 11 by the member for Mirabel and on June 13 by the …

Spoke in the House on Hon. Marc Garneau Hon. colleagues, I thank you very much for your words in tribute to our friend and colleague, the Hon. Marc Garneau. He was a man for …

Spoke in the House on Election of Speaker The elbows are for others, not for us. Canadians want to see sticks on the ice, and it is the responsibility of the Speaker to make …

More than three months ago

Spoke in the House on Committees of the House Mr. Speaker, we know that water is a provincial resource, but one of the main levers that the federal government has for protecting Canadian water bodies, …

Spoke in the House on Privilege Mr. Speaker, I always listen intently to the member's speeches, which I appreciate because he is one of the more erudite members of the House. I …

Spoke in the House on Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence Mr. Speaker, education is the key to an individual's success and to the progress of society, whether economic, social, scientific or cultural. The quality of a …

Spoke in the House on Committees of the House Madam Speaker, the member's speech did not deal specifically with this, but the previous member's speech did. The bill by the Leader of the Opposition on …

Spoke at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee on Bill C-61 Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I think this is a fascinating panel. I've been sitting in on these meetings. We really have gone to the …

Spoke at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee on Bill C-61 Thank you very much. I'd like to continue along that line, Chief Haymond. I remember attending a conference in Montreal on first nations water a few …

Spoke at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee on Bill C-61 Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to continue in the same vein as Mr. Melillo. It's still not clear in my mind. Let's say the federal …

Spoke at the Environment committee on Environment and Climate Impacts Related to the Canadian Financial System Good afternoon, everyone. Before we get started, I have a couple of housekeeping items. Number one is probably more for the benefit of the witnesses, since …

Spoke at the Environment committee on Freshwater and Briefing by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development ... Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome, Commissioner. We're pleased to see you again. We saw you a few days ago at the members' briefing. I'd also like to ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Bill C-317 I call this meeting to order. Good afternoon, colleagues. To begin, I would like to welcome some members who are here to replace regular members of ...

Spoke at the Finance committee on Bill C-59 and Main Estimates 2024-25: Vote 1 and 5 under Canada ... Understood. Another point that has been made with respect to productivity is that the highest productivity is in the cities. This is not to take anything ...

Spoke at the Environment committee on Bill C-317 Thank you, Madam Chair. First, I would like to thank Dr. John Pomeroy for being here today at the table with me. Dr. Pomeroy is the ...

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-317 An Act to establish a national strategy respecting flood and drought forecasting

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-326 An Act to amend the Department of Health Act (drinking water guidelines)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-664 An Act to amend the Department of Health Act (drinking water standards)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-653 An Act to amend the Canada Water Act (recycling, conservation and efficiency)

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-267 An Act respecting the preservation of Canada’s water resources

Introduced legislation Private member's bill C-561 An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (mining activities)