Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise to speak on behalf of my constituents of Niagara West once again. I never take this privilege for granted and I always want to thank them for their trust in me. This time I rise to relay my constituents' concerns on the Liberal government bil

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, we have said over here that there is absolutely no way that big tech is perfect, not by any stretch of the imagination. They have major issues, and there are things that they need to do as well. What we are concerned about is what would be suppressed at this point i

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, I just want to go to what Senator Dave Richards had to say: No decree by the CRTC could, in any way, tell us what Canadian content should or should not be, or who should be allowed to bob their heads up out of the new murkiness we have created. Like Orwell’s procla

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, I do believe that. It has been spoken about here, even by some of the other parties who said that there were some concerns about amendments that were actually rejected. We had a number of great amendments, as has been discussed today throughout the course of the deb

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, at the end of the day, we support Quebec culture, absolutely, this party does. We also believe that some of the larger techies need to be paying their fair share. There is no question about that. Our concern is that we do not want government bureaucrats deciding wha

Online Streaming Act  Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my colleague for Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies. I rise today to speak on behalf of my constituents of Niagara West who have expressed deep concern with the Liberal government's online censorship bill, Bill C-11. My office

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to requests made by the government to social media companies to take down, edit, ban, or change in any other way social media content, posts, or accounts, since January 1, 2020, broken down by department, agency, or other government entity: what are the details of all

Pelham Citizen of the Year  Mr. Speaker, earlier this month, I attended the ceremony for the Fonthill and District Kinsmen Citizen of the Year award. This is a very special event in my riding of Niagara West. We were all happy to gather safely in person, to celebrate once again, after a three-year break due

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, I would say that it has been one of the challenges. We have heard of people calling Veterans Affairs looking for services and being recommended to consider MAID as an option. Therefore, I do not think it is reasonable to say that it does not happen, and this is the c

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, one of our concerns right from the beginning was the slippery slope of how this could move forward if the proper safeguards were not put in place. I would say, the majority of mental health issues can be healed, fixed and treated, and when the first forum came out i

Criminal Code  Mr. Speaker, as always, I want to thank the constituents of Niagara West for electing me to represent them in Parliament and be their voice in this place on the key issues of our country. What is more important than the bill we are discussing today, Bill C-39, respecting medical

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am presenting e-petition 4183, which was started by a constituent of mine, John Fulton. It is signed by over 2,161 Canadians. The petitioners are calling upon the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and the Minister of Health to recommend to the Governor

Questions Passed as Orders for Returns  With regard to government expenditures on membership fees, broken down by department, agency, Crown corporation, or other government entity, since October 1, 2020: (a) how much money has been spent; and (b) what are the details of each expenditure, including the (i) name of the o

Questions on the Order Paper  With regard to the statement on Twitter by the Minister of Foreign Affairs on November 28, 2022, that “Grand corruption is a threat to democracy and security”: (a) what specific actions, if any, has the (i) current Minister of Foreign Affairs, (ii) government, as a whole, taken s

Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my constituents once again for giving me the opportunity to be here and represent them. One of the things I heard a lot about this past summer was not so much about the billions of dollars being spent, although people do talk about that, but the leve