Thank you, Madam Chair.
The clerk recognized me 15 minutes ago with my hand up. It's difficult when we're in a hybrid situation. I understand that. However, it's problematic for me when we're in a hybrid situation, and I hate this. When we're all in the same room, it works better.
Thank you to Mr. Julian, who's concerned about taxpayers' dollars. That's great.
Thank you to Mr. Champoux, who wants us to be more efficient.
However, when I hear words—and this is me, not Conservatives or Conservatives notes—about how we're moving into new territory constitutionally and we're expanding powers, in a sense, in what this document is doing, this is new and I get very concerned.
You may disagree with me, sitting around the table. I have my opinion, and it's my opinion to express. You have yours; you can express them. However, when you're saying that this is new and that this is new territory.... You've been talking about how this is new, how we're expanding into this, so I get very concerned when you say how we're moving into new powers and what they can be.
You say there are federal and provincial powers with this. Where are they? Where is the basis for them? I think this will be challenged in court because it is new, and it should be challenged in court.
When I look at social media as a regular person out there—and Twitter might disappear tomorrow, as half the employees have gone today—it'll be something new that's out there. When I look at Twitter and Facebook and at all these.... When people use the private messaging in it, people don't differentiate that from news. It's Facebook that they're using. They use the private part; they use the other parts. They're not distinguishing it like you are here and like you're attempting to do in this legislation. That's not how the public users see those formats that they use.
I know you're an expert. I've listened to you before, and I appreciate the expertise you bring to it. However, average consumers don't differentiate that usage. When they go on private messaging on Twitter, that's just part of Twitter. That's what they're using. They don't see the difference.
So, when you're saying this.... The power you want to use over social media really causes me concern. This is new. This is expanding it, to me. It's not in the Constitution; 1867 didn't think of this at that time. Now you're developing legislation to deal with a common practice that most people in this country use—or a lot of them use. So—