Julie Vignola

[Public Services and Procurement, January 31st, 2020]

Madam Speaker, I have statistics too. Last year, 74% of employees had problems when they transferred to a different job. If that is an improvement, then I am happy I was not there when the system was first implemented.

The Phoenix system has been broken since day one. The Prime Minister asked two members of his cabinet to do away with this system once and for all. Yesterday the Minister of Digital Government stated, “We are working...to find a modern, reliable system.” In other words, Phoenix is not a modern and reliable system and never has been.

I would like to reiterate my question. Why add 3,9000 more employees to this system—

[Public Services and Procurement, January 31st, 2020]

Madam Speaker, the government wants 3,900 civilian members of the RCMP to use Phoenix. They are being told that there are no more problems with Phoenix. However, the Minister of Public Services and Procurement said the opposite, and I quote: “Our government knows that employees and their families continue to experience stress and inconvenience due to pay issues.”

Why is the government imposing Phoenix on 3,900 civilian members of the RCMP without their consent, knowing that it is a source of stress and inconvenience?

[Public Services and Procurement, January 30th, 2020]

Mr. Speaker, the minister's mandate letter calls on her to replace Phoenix with a new pay system, because there is no hope it can be fixed. What a colossal disaster.

This is the perfect example of how this federal government operates. The left hand is trying to destroy Phoenix now, while the right hand is trying to bring even more people into this nightmare. What genius came up with this?

Will the government make sure that 3,900 civilian RCMP employees do not get caught up in the Phoenix nightmare?

[Public Services and Procurement, January 30th, 2020]

Mr. Speaker, 3,900 civilian members of the RCMP are worried about what will happen when their pay moves to the Phoenix system, or should I say, the Phoenix nightmare. Last year alone, Phoenix caused problems for 74% of staff. The worst part is that employees are being threatened. They are being told that if they do not want to move to Phoenix, they have until tomorrow to take retirement without getting in trouble.

First, will the government stop threatening people and postpone the February 1 deadline? Second, will it stop loading more people onto the Titanic that is Phoenix?

[Business of Supply, January 28th, 2020]

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for her fine words.

She made a number of interesting points, and the list of the various projects was very informative. However, some points did not go over as well, especially with respect to the 18 categories of eligible funding and the work with municipalities.

I agree that everything needs to be structured. However, infrastructure remains a Quebec jurisdiction. We are calling on the federal government to provide the money without conditions. To me, “eligible category” sounds like “condition”. When she talked about working with municipalities, I took it to mean that she was bypassing the Government of Quebec.

Could my colleague explain and give us some reassurance?

[Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply, December 12th, 2019]

Madam Speaker, since this is the first time that I rise in the House, I will start out by thanking the people of Beauport-Limoilou for entrusting me with the mandate to represent them. I thank them for their confidence and the hard work they all do every day to improve their lives in the riding.

I would like to ask my colleague a question.

Granted, the Liberal government has made a number of changes to improve Canada's situation in terms of climate change. Nevertheless, it spent several billion dollars to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline that will carry oil to the Pacific near Vancouver, potentially threatening certain species, including salmon. Then there is the so-called new NAFTA, which turns its back on Quebec's green aluminum industry.

How can we really improve the climate if we are also taking actions such as these?