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Science Madam Speaker, in order for Canadians to benefit from the digital economy, we are going to need to ensure that Canadians have confidence that their data is safe and that they trust their privacy is being respected. That is exactly why our government is strengthening that trust by
February 5th, 2021House debate
William AmosLiberal
Science Madam Speaker, from the beginning of this pandemic, the Government of Canada has relied upon the opinions of experts to guide all of our decisions, whether in relation to procuring vaccines, rebuilding our biomanufacturing capacity or manufacturing PPE. At every point of the way,
February 5th, 2021House debate
William AmosLiberal
Public Safety Madam Speaker, it is clear that our government recognizes the importance of protecting Canada's telecommunications systems. We are regularly engaging with telecommunications companies, with our allies and the security infrastructure on a variety of topics, just like this. We are
February 5th, 2021House debate
William AmosLiberal
Public Safety Madam Speaker, our government is going to continue to ensure that Canadian networks are kept safe and secure. We are never going to comment on specific companies, and everyone knows that an examination of 5G technologies and a review of security and economic considerations is wel
February 5th, 2021House debate
William AmosLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, by no means did our government wait at all. Increasing our country's bio-manufacturing capacity has been part of our recovery plan since the very beginning. It is in our interest, both now and in the future, to have this capability within our borders. That is why, a
February 2nd, 2021House debate
William AmosLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, from the very beginning, our government has had the following objectives: one, secure access to vaccines and to the best vaccine candidates in the world; two, invest in the most promising Canadian vaccines and treatments; and three, invest strategically to rebuild Ca
February 2nd, 2021House debate
William AmosLiberal
Health Madam Speaker, our government has been led by scientists and the best expert advice that we can get from the vaccine task force at every single step during this COVID crisis. VIDO-InterVac has been a key part of that. There have been many other Canadian companies and Canadian res
December 11th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
Innovation, Science and Industry Madam Speaker, our government worked hand in glove with Canadian industries all across the spectrum, whether it was for ventilators or test kits. For all of the different products that were necessary to tackle this crisis, we worked with our industry. We transformed the industry
December 11th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
COVID-19 Emergency Response Madam Speaker, our government is so proud of the exceptional efforts by Canadian companies all across this great country to produce all of the materials that we needed to address the COVID crisis. In every single province, small businesses, large businesses and transformed busin
December 11th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
Broadcasting Act Madam Speaker, I would like to start by wishing all Canadians a very happy holidays, a merry Christmas, a happy Hanukkah and a happy new year. I would like to ask my colleague from Cumberland—Colchester the following question: What is her view of Bill C-10, in a context where we
December 10th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
Public Safety Mr. Speaker, our government continues to protect our networks. We are going to ensure Canada benefits from the latest technology and the latest innovations in telecom. A review of the 5G technology, and associated economic and security issues, is ongoing. Our experts will be advi
December 10th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
Health Madam Speaker, the Canadian public knows full well that the Harper Conservative government was hostile to science. It made cuts to research, cuts to funding for biotech companies and no investments in the manufacturing capacity of these companies. Our government is investing in
November 27th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
Health Madam Speaker, when the pandemic started, Canada's production capacity was minimal. It was important to address the lack of investment in production capacity. This has been a problem for decades, and we immediately realized that we needed to invest in the country's production ca
November 27th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
Health Madam Speaker, when this pandemic began, Canadians understood that we did not have significant biomanufacturing capacity, and that was certainly not helped by the previous anti-science Conservative government. However, we have made significant investments, both prior to the pande
November 27th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal
Health Mr. Speaker, I think Canadians understand that before this pandemic began, Canada had no biomanufacturing capacity that was suitable for a COVID-19 vaccine. We are not going to be taking lessons from the opposition on this, certainly not from the Conservatives, because they sol
November 26th, 2020House debate
William AmosLiberal