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Activism in Russia Mr. Speaker, in a secret courtroom in Russia, an unjust trial of a courageous freedom fighter is taking place. Our friend, Vladimir Kara-Murza, is facing a sentence of 25 years in prison, which would beat the longest verdict ever sentenced and handed out to a Russian political
March 23rd, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the Canadian Army’s fleet of Leopard II tanks: (a) how many are currently (i) combat capable, (ii) not combat capable, broken down by class of vehicle and by variant; (b) for the tanks in (a)(ii) which are not currently combat capable, when does the government expe
March 20th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Online Streaming Act Madam Speaker, I thank the leader of the official opposition for his careful articulation and his commitment to killing Bill C-11. He mentioned the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and how freedom of expression would be eroded by Bill C-11. On the Government of Canada's own websit
March 9th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Special Economic Measures Act moved for leave to introduce Bill C-324, An Act to amend the Special Economic Measures Act. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Calgary Rocky Ridge for seconding this bill. The bill that I am bringing forward is about changing the name of the Special Economic Measures Act t
March 9th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Telecommunications Act Madam Speaker, my colleague from the Bloc was spot on when he started talking about Canadians being very trusting. All consumers are very trusting when using social media like Facebook, TikTok and Instagram. When I was at the ethics committee, we looked at Clearview AI, which scr
March 6th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Telecommunications Act Madam Speaker, we all have to be concerned about the rapid deployment of new technologies and how they can be used nefariously to attack Canadians. This comes back to Bill C-26 as well. Again, the government would be putting all the onus on corporate Canada to protect us, but at
March 6th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Telecommunications Act Madam Speaker, I agree. Right now, this will be studied only at the industry committee, but it involves a huge component of national security and national defence. I hope that as legislation comes forward, we will see other studies come into play that look at the impacts of it as
March 6th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Telecommunications Act Madam Speaker, my colleague is dead right that the People’s Liberation Army in Beijing has established a number of different cybersecurity units and that their whole goal is to cyber-attack. Canada is not an ally of China, so we have been attacked by the regime in Beijing. It wil
March 6th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Telecommunications Act Madam Speaker, I have a lot of trouble putting any confidence in the Liberal government. It took seven years for it to ban Huawei. It is a government that sat on its hands and did nothing about cybersecurity for the past several years. I know this is a government I cannot trust.
March 6th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Telecommunications Act Madam Speaker, I am pleased to be able to rise in this place today and speak to Bill C-26, a bill that we as Conservatives are supporting to get to committee. I have a lot of concerns around the bill itself, in terms of making sure that the government did not make a number of er
March 6th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Ukraine Mr. Speaker, February 24 marks 365 days since Vladimir Putin gave the order for his Russian war machine to further invade Ukraine, 365 days of Putin’s barbarians committing war crimes and atrocities against innocent Ukrainians, 365 days of Russian soldiers and mercenaries raping
February 16th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Ethics Mr. Speaker, that was another bad answer from a random Liberal. After eight years of the Prime Minister, Canadians are struggling like they never have before, but if one is a Liberal lobbyist or a high-priced consultant, it has never been better. For the fifth time, these Liber
February 1st, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to the annual $250 million sole-sourced security contract extended to the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires by Public Services and Procurement Canada: (a) how much of the $250 million contract was sole sourced to the Ottawa Division of the Commissionaires in 2021; (b)
January 30th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Questions Passed as Orders for Returns With regard to funds and military material sent by the government to Ukraine since February 4, 2022: (a) what is the complete list of individually itemized goods already received by Ukraine corresponding to each of the announcements made on (i) February 4, 2022, regarding the don
January 30th, 2023House debate
James BezanConservative
Ethics Mr. Speaker, if the trade minister were truly sorry, she would pay the money back. In fact, she is the fourth Liberal cabinet minister to be found guilty of breaking the law by the Ethics Commissioner. The trade minister got caught giving two sweetheart deals to her friend, who
December 13th, 2022House debate
James BezanConservative