Connie Cody

Mr. Speaker, that answer was so empty it echoed. Five members of the Women Veterans Council have resigned, citing red tape and zero action. Among them are survivors of military sexual trauma, women who stood for Canada and now feel dismissed. Why has the minister broken her promises, refused to act and completely abandoned these female veterans?

Madam Speaker, the member across the way is the one who has been fighting against mandatory minimums, so I do not see how he is going to want to be strengthening the laws. The Liberals created this problem, and the Conservatives have the solution. Removing the religious defence will not make Canadians safer. It will not stop repeat offenders. It will not stop violent criminals, and it will not [more]

Madam Speaker, Canada's hate speech laws currently provide a defence against prosecutions for the wilful promotion of hatred where a person, in good faith, expresses an argument or opinion on a religious subject based on a belief found in a religious text. The defence applies only to that specific offence. It does not apply to advocating genocide or counselling violence or threats. It does not [more]

Madam Speaker, my colleague is absolutely correct. Anti-Semitism is real, and Jewish communities deserve protection, but the Criminal Code already provides that. C-9 A lawyer the Liberals themselves brought to committee said Billwould not criminalize anything that is not already illegal. The real conversation is about why existing hate crime laws are not being enforced consistently. We agree on [more]

C-9 Madam Speaker, today I rise on a topic of great concern to people in my community and to many Canadians from coast to coast. Perhaps no piece of legislation in this place has drawn as much public interest as Bill. Combined, our offices have received tens of thousands of emails from concerned citizens opposed to the bill. The bill is about trust: who we trust with our beliefs, who we trust [more]

The government has repeatedly assured Canadians that this bill will not create systemic vulnerabilities. That assurance is carrying a lot—

Thank you. I really appreciate this time to ask some questions so that I'm a little bit more informed. I'm kind of new here with the bill. With my systems background, I'm going to have a lot of questions based on IT and such. C-22 Billcontains two distinct parts. The second part, the supporting authorized access to information act, or SAAIA, is where the broad interception obligations, the [more]

What is your budget?

I want to know about the assurance, which carries a lot of weight here, so we can fairly look at anything else this bill claims to do. It would really help to know what the term actually means in law. Does mandating interception capability in an encrypted system fall inside that definition, or outside of it?