Rosemarie Falk

Mr. Speaker, it has been a very long time. It has been over 10 years that we have known this is an issue. Not long ago, there was an article in The Globe and Mail, which I referred to in my remarks, about sexual strangulation derailing a generation of girls. This is how pornography is affecting children, the next generation. It is a distorted version of what relationships and sex are. It is [more]

C-34 S-209 Mr. Speaker, we need to recognize what Billis encapsulating. Bill C-34 specifically applies to regulated social media services and regulated chatbot services, so that is user-generated content. What Billis targeting is pornographic content from online porn companies. They are two different things. C-34 S-209 I believe there is a hole in Billwhere this is not covered. Online porn [more]

Mr. Speaker, we do sit together on HUMA, and I very much appreciate working with the member. We know the Privacy Commissioner has endorsed this bill. There are specific provisions in section 12(2) that would ensure that whatever method is chosen needs to be highly effective, be operated by a third party organization, and maintain user privacy and protect personal information. S-209 The fact [more]

S-209 C-34 C-36 Mr. Speaker, I am a little concerned, because I understand we are to be debating Billright now, and I am hearing about bills that are government bills and are being debated, and it is up to the government to call the calendar. We are debating Bill S-209. We are not debating Billor Bill.

S-209, An Act to restrict young persons’ online access to pornographic material moved that Bill, be read the second time and referred to a committee. She said: Madam Speaker, we know that the Internet gives us access to almost anything. With just a few clicks, we can watch a movie, learn a new skill on YouTube, find a new recipe, research any topic or talk to a friend down the street or even on [more]

Are you saying, though, that the government hasn't been consulting on this?

I know, but I'm not saying 30 years ago; I'm saying five years ago. We went through COVID. COVID definitely shifted things. Canadians felt the need to be able to manufacture here and to have workers go where they needed to go, so I'm just wondering—why now? I'm just trying to understand. Why now? I'm not referencing 30 years ago. I don't want that to be misunderstood. You see it as important, but [more]

—it's with the understanding of that flexibility, in case we're halfway through or something or not even....

I just expect the government's always doing that work and not taking a break from that. I think my time's running out, so I have just one last thing. Subclause 3(2) of the bill requires, at least, nine months of consultation. Given that we know these barriers have already existed for years—we've heard it in this committee, and I'm pretty sure we've even had reports go to the House addressing [more]

Thank you very much, Chair. Thank you, MP Bains. I know that private members' bills are a lot of work. Thank you for taking the time and being here to answer our questions. I just want to follow up on where my colleague left off. We know that Canada needs more people entering the skilled trades. Workers need to be able to move where the work is and where the jobs are. Labour mobility is an [more]

Yes, and it should, absolutely. We need to make sure that we are accountable to the taxpayers. Thank you, Chair.

What happens if the consultation isn't finished within that time? I think you've mentioned to my colleague that there isn't anything formally in the bill to hold that accountability to a timeline, so what are the accountability measures, then, that would—

Perfect. Yes, that's great.

Could we add to that the provision that if we do have other legislation coming to us...? Part of what we had agreed to was making sure that bills that come here are made a priority, so—

Why now? This committee has heard these concerns for the past three.... Well, ever since I've been here we've heard these concerns at this committee. I'm just wondering why it now takes a private member, such as you, to bring it forward to get the government to take it as an important issue.

This bill doesn't actually remove those barriers, though. It directs the government to consult, develop a framework and then make recommendations on how those barriers could be addressed. If there's already knowledge of these barriers, why are we making a framework and consulting more instead of just getting it done?