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House Hansard - 172

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 23, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Mark Gerretsen
  • Mar/23/23 12:41:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I do remember that debate vividly. It was a very emotional and passionate debate on all sides of the House. I would do anything in my power to expedite this even faster. I realize the UN recently said we have to make significant changes by 2040, if I recall what was just released. Anything I can do, I am more than willing to work with my colleague on that and push our government, and any government for that matter, to work harder and faster on this.
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Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Ryan Williams
  • Mar/23/23 4:29:27 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, yes, there has to be a lot of different options, and not just in this bill. There are a lot of bills that suggest to give broad powers to one minister, which makes no sense. I do not know how the minister has time to deal with that. Certainly we are open to a lot of suggestions and some suggestions sound good, like an ombudsman. There have been suggestions of tribunals to make sure we have broad bodies that can oversee this so we do not just give power to one minister. One hundred per cent we support that.
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Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Gerald Soroka (Yellowhead, CPC)
  • Mar/23/23 5:44:31 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Mr. Speaker, my biggest concern with the legislation, as the member brought up, is about the overreaching powers the government is giving itself. We do not know much about what it will be doing with that power or how it can implement that. Can the member give his opinion on how overreaching these powers are?
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Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Hon. John McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood, Lib.)
  • Mar/23/23 5:55:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Mr. Speaker, the hon. member seems to be concerned about the enforcement powers in this legislation. However, without those enforcement powers, it would be kind of a useless piece of legislation. If I am sending an email to him to go over there, somehow or another, his entity may be the weak link. If, in fact, he is concerned about his piece of the infrastructure, the problem is: How would he propose changing that without some sort of significant power on the government's part to make sure that his piece of the cyber-infrastructure is not the weak link in the entire system?
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