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House Hansard - 217

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Ms. Lisa Hepfner (Hamilton Mountain, Lib.)
  • Jun/20/23 1:15:25 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Madam Speaker, my colleague is also on the Canadian heritage committee. I really love that he highlighted how well this legislation worked in Australia to support smaller news outlets and how the big tech companies fought back with intimidation tactics. We are even seeing similar intimidation tactics here in Canada from those same big tech giants. At our committee, we saw some of those intimidation tactics. However, we are hearing the Conservatives using those tactics as some sort of justification to not go forward with this legislation, saying, “Oh, Google blocked the news, so we better get rid of Bill C-18.” What does the member think of the tactic being used by the Conservatives?
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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Ms. Lisa Hepfner
  • Jun/20/23 5:20:02 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Madam Speaker, this government really believes in supporting journalists and sticking up for them in the face of intimidation tactics by tech giants.
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Context: House Hansard - 217 - Jun/20/23
Mrs. Stephanie Kusie
  • Jun/20/23 6:37:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-18 
Madam Speaker, it is pretty rich for this individual to talk about intimidation when it was his leader, in fact, who intimidated such women as Jane Philpott, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Celina Caesar-Chavannes. Unlike the media after this has passed, I speak freely, and I will continue to do so.
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