Ryan Turnbull

Mr. Speaker, as I said, we really want assurances. My wife and I have had many conversations about how to keep our daughter safe online. We have found it challenging to keep her off these devices and platforms. With no real regulatory framework in place in Canada, it just seems like it is the wild west of online engagement. For my daughter's digital safety, we have had to take extreme measures [more]

C-34 Mr. Speaker, it is great to be here this evening and debate Bill, the safe social media act, a bill that I strongly support. Before I begin, I want to ask every member of the House to think just for a moment, not as parliamentarians but as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, teachers, coaches and mentors, whatever position they hold in relation to younger people. Think about the young [more]

Mr. Speaker, our plan is focused and disciplined. We are acting where we can make the most difference, by maintaining fiscal sustainability and discipline, and making targeted investments that benefit Canadians right across the country. That means reducing the operating deficit, meeting our fiscal anchors and ensuring public funds support growth, resilience and the well-being of Canadians. I [more]

Mr. Speaker, it would apply to all social media platforms, as I understand it. I do not understand the nature of the question or where it is coming from. Maybe there is a sense of skepticism on the other side, but I think this bill has been written in a way to focus on the outcome that we want, which is to keep young people safe while they engage online. It would put in place a number of [more]

Mr. Speaker, we know that Canadians are struggling with the cost of living. Of course, we also know that the oil price shock is what is driving the consumer price index up. The consumer price index would be at 2.4% if it were not for the rise in energy prices that has driven it up to 3.1%. That directly impacts the cost of food over time, and we see that the inflation of food prices is [more]

Mr. Speaker, again, it is more than just a billion-dollar fund. It is $3.2 billion. The local food infrastructure fund has already made a significant difference in my community. There are organizations, mostly non-profits and charities, in my community that offer solutions at a community scale to the food insecurity challenges we see rising in our communities. They are doing a great job. What we [more]

Mr. Speaker, the bill would put in place obligations, which would be very clear, to have online safety plans. It would put in place a digital safety commission, which would oversee and monitor things, look for any infractions and understand that there are obligations for platforms to take down or make inaccessible images that are harmful. The bill would also codify the types of online harms in [more]

Mr. Speaker, I fully acknowledge that Jasper National Park and Banff National Park are real treasures in our country. I have visited Banff National Park and absolutely love Parks Canada and the work that it does to preserve natural spaces, and allow people to enjoy those spaces and experience the outdoors in Canada. Canada has so much to offer the world and visitors, as well as the people who [more]

Mr. Speaker, I agree with the member opposite that the issue requires urgency and sustained effort. The crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQIA people demands urgent and sustained action, and we remain firmly committed to ending it. Of the 231 calls for justice, 215 are directly related to the federal government in some capacity, and we are acting on that [more]

Mr. Speaker, our government has been clear: We are spending less to invest more in the Canadian economy. We found over $60 billion in government savings, reported a lower deficit in the spring economic update, and are on track to balance the operating budget a year ahead of schedule. We have done all that while cutting taxes on income, housing, fuel and new business investment, and supporting [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are blinded, I think, by their pessimism and negativity. They cannot even see the opportunities that our government is seizing in the Canadian economy: $500 billion in new investment commitments from domestic investors; doubling non-U.S. trade by the year 2030; and projects such as Darlington, Contrecoeur, Grays Bay, Roberts Bank and Churchill Falls. These are [more]

Mr. Speaker, Canada starts with the strongest fiscal position in the G7. We have seen the net debt-to-GDP ratio is the best in the G7. We have a AAA credit rating, the best in the G7. In Q2 of this year, we had the highest GDP growth in the G7. I do not know how many stats the member opposite needs. We saved $60 billion in government operations. We have attracted over $500 billion of new [more]

Mr. Speaker, I have good news for the member opposite: Youth do not have to wait, because Canada's summer jobs portal just opened 75,000 jobs every summer, with 340 jobs in my riding of Whitby. I am sure the member opposite can acknowledge that this helps create opportunities for our young people. We also have 80,000 to 100,000 new skilled trades positions, with training incentives, wage [more]

Mr. Speaker, the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls and 2SLGBTQIA+ people continues to affect survivors, families and communities across this country. Of the 231 calls for justice in the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 215 of them call on the federal government in some capacity or other. On June 3, we released the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I know I have colleagues on this side from Manitoba who are really fantastic. They work hard and represent some of the ridings in Manitoba quite well. I will also say that this summer, in the pre-budget consultations, I had the opportunity to meet with Manitoba's finance minister and talk about many of the major projects in Manitoba. Our government is supportive and is serious about [more]

Mr. Speaker, again, let us review the facts. The member opposite was on HESA when that committee asked for the Auditor General to do an audit. The Auditor General said the work being done by the government to ensure that taxpayers are getting value for their money is enough for her. I trust that the Auditor General knows what she is talking about. It is too bad the member opposite does not have [more]

Madam Speaker, we know that debt servicing charges are rising, but that is not because of the Government of Canada. It is because of long-term bond rates that determine the interest rates the Canadian government will have to pay. We recognize that those debt servicing charges are going up, but what is the solution in that environment when Canada is facing a trade war and facing all these economic [more]

Mr. Speaker, just over a month ago, the member opposite posed a nearly identical question during Adjournment Proceedings. I will respond by giving him a nearly identical answer. Minister of Health As theannounced in June, our government believes that Canadians deserve transparency and openness when it comes to how taxpayer dollars are spent. That is to be expected. There were obviously concerns [more]

Madam Speaker, it does not surprise me that the premise of the member opposite's question is false. What I mean by that is that our government has been responding to crisis after crisis that has hit our economy. I do not think it is news to anyone in the House that the global economy is highly integrated and that Canada is subject to the pressures that the world is facing today. We have had to [more]

Madam Speaker, we have done everything we can to be a reasonable trade partner and reliable trade partner with our southern neighbour. At this point, we are pursuing diversified trade relationships all around the world. Prime Minister Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of International Trade We have seen the, the, theand others work to help Canada and our businesses access foreign markets all [more]