15/03/2022 | 10:53:21 Good morning, Mister President. Dear colleagues, In recent weeks, we have watched with outrage as Russian military forces have perpetrated senseless violence against the Ukrainian people. Credible reports suggest that weapons whose use is condemned, including cluster bombs, have been used not only against military targets in Ukraine, but also against civilian settlements and even residential areas. Allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity are growing and worry us. Meanwhile, tens... 26/01/2022 | 18:47:41 Dear Colleagues, Having the opportunity to speak about Mr Navalny again, I wish I could have taken a more optimistic tone than I did last April, both about his fate and about the human rights situation in Russia more generally. But on 17 January 17, had to mark the first anniversary of his arrest. This sad commemoration allowed us to take stock of the many ways in which Mr. Putin's regime has continued to restrict freedom of thought, expression and assembly over the past 12 months. There was... 30/09/2021 | 10:07:41 Thank you, Madam President. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, The current situation in Afghanistan is a major crisis. The resumption of power by the Taliban, who, in Canada, are considered to be a terrorist group is extremely worrying in several respects. The speed with which they have moved into the country and taken over Kabul must surely lead the international community to question the effectiveness of lengthy and costly external interventions. It will also have to consider how to... 23/06/2021 | 18:41:36 Thank you very much. Fellow parliamentarians, As we do every year, on May 18, we honoured the memory of the hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars, children, women and men deported by the Soviet authorities in 1944. In 2016, the Canadian Parliament considered a bill to recognize the Sürgünlik as a genocide, following the lead of the Ukrainian Parliament. My political party, the Bloc Québécois, spoke in favour of this bill at the time of the debate on it. The sponsor who sits with me on the... 22/04/2021 | 11:21:26 Dear colleagues, First, I would like to welcome the rapporteur, Mr Jacques MAIRE. As I was not able to participate in the January debate on the arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak today. (Brief interruption) As you know, Mr Navalny's current state of health appears to be deteriorating. There is a great risk that he may become the next voice of the Russian opposition to leave us prematurely. To paraphrase one of the so-called Moscow rules... 19/04/2021 | 18:49:32 Good morning, I am sorry about this technical problem. Thank you, Madam President. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be able to speak today on the subject of the protection of national minorities in Europe, which has always been an extremely sensitive and therefore very important issue. In particular, I would like to thank the committee and the rapporteur, Mrs Elvira KOVÁCS, for their excellent work on this issue. I am from Quebec, a French-speaking nation on a... 27/01/2021 | 12:16:10 Dear Colleagues, I am very pleased to have the opportunity to speak to you today on this important issue. The urgency of the situation we are currently facing has forced governments and private sector actors to develop vaccines against COVID-19 at record speed. Faced with one of the worst health crises in history, we have been working to pool our resources to develop solutions for the benefit of humanity. That said, it must be said that the mechanisms of solidarity among nations have been put...