Evidence of meeting #44 for Status of Women in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was society.
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Noon
Conservative
Noon
Lawyer, As an Individual
Thank you so much.
Thank you to all the attendees today for the opportunity to speak.
Ms. Mathyssen, thank you for being a proponent of this national summit. I really appreciate it.
I echo what Faakhra said. Regulating online hate is really critical. I really do see that as being a very important piece that the government needs to move on, because only the government, really, is empowered and able to address this in a way that can make a difference, that needs to make a difference. That would be number one.
Number two, I know there has been some discussion about the appointment of a special envoy. I like that suggestion, provided that it's resourced, because we don't want just the envoy who is sitting there in a symbolic way so that we can say, “Okay, we have an envoy.” It would be nice to have someone who is dedicated to addressing this topic and to helping the government address this topic, who is properly resourced to be able to provide the feedback and be the guidance that the government can use on this topic. There are other community groups who will have other suggestions, and I'm sure they will have very good suggestions.
Very briefly, those are my comments.
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Marilyn Gladu
Wonderful.
Before I do my final thanking of the witnesses, we have Monsieur Serré.
June 22nd, 2021 / 12:05 p.m.
Liberal
Marc Serré Liberal Nickel Belt, ON
Just quickly, Madam Chair, can you ask the witnesses to provide any other additional recommendations in writing to the committee?
12:05 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Marilyn Gladu
Yes.
If there are things that you wanted to say that we didn't get to, I would invite the witnesses to please send that to the clerk, and it will be part of our report.
I want to thank both of you for excellent and amazing testimony today. We are going to do great things together, and I appreciate it very much.
While we're in the public realm, I also want to thank the clerk and the analysts, all of our interpreters and those technicians who have worked in the room throughout this long session so much for their work. You've done excellent work in the committee. You've been amazing.
Now we are going in camera for our final committee business.
[Proceedings continue in camera]