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Ted Falk

  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Provencher
  • Manitoba
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $143,373.11

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Context: House Hansard - 164 - Mar/6/23
Mr. Ted Falk
  • Mar/6/23 1:46:30 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, this is a very relevant question. Is it the right time for a bill like this? I would like to give a very brief answer: Yes, it is absolutely the right time for this. Is it the right bill yet? No, it is a good starting point. That is how we can look at this bill. I am happy to vote in favour of this bill, to get it to committee. I am hopeful, from the comments I have heard from members of the Bloc and the NDP, that they are eager to give this bill a robust study and make the necessary amendments that will address the cybersecurity requirements in our country to keep critical infrastructure and our citizens safe, but also to respect the privacy of Canadians. Those are equally important elements. I am looking forward to the study on this bill.
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Context: House Hansard - 164 - Mar/6/23
Mr. Ted Falk
  • Mar/6/23 1:44:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, this is an important question. Some time ago, I did a term on the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, and what I learned there was that we have phenomenal security agencies in this country. One of those is the CSE, the Communications Security Establishment, which monitors cybersecurity. It does phenomenal work. I was coming back from a meeting one day, driving down the highway. It happened to be a Friday, and I noticed vehicles pulling campers and boats, with roof racks and bicycles attached to their bumpers. I thought, is it not wonderful that we live in a country where we have absolutely no idea about the existential cyber-threats that are out there? Why is that? It is because our security agencies are doing a phenomenal job at keeping us safe and providing this kind of environment. The obligation of the government, when it gets advice from our security agencies, is to act on it.
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