Will Greaves

Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be here this evening, hearing from my hon. colleagues in this debate on this important topic, which is one that speaks to me very directly as the father of a young child. I rise to speak in favour of the safe social media act. During debate tonight, we have heard extensively about the merits of the bill, and I echo many of those sentiments. I will speak to the [more]

Madam Speaker, I have heard my hon. colleagues mention several times, with a bit of fence-sitting, the question of whether the bill constitutes an age ban for young Canadians under 16. I am curious if the member is able to clarify that. In his view, would it be preferable to have a universal ban for Canadians under 16 on social media platforms, or would it be preferable to have social media [more]

Madam Speaker, I have a pretween daughter, and there is a very real conversation that happens in our school, with the parents in our school community, about who is going to give their child a cell phone first because when that one parent gives that one tween-age child a phone, it creates the desire for this object among all of the other students and puts incredible pressure on us parents, so much [more]

Mr. Speaker, absolutely, what we have before us is really the preferred outcome of having social media platforms that were hospitable and age-appropriate for young Canadians. We understand there are benefits from social media. This is not a blanket anti social media position. The problem, of course, is that at present, those platforms have content that is not appropriate for young people. If the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I shared this reflection earlier in response to a different question from a different colleague. At the moment, many parents across this country share these concerns. We know the dangers that await our kids on the Internet, and we are concerned in particular about increasingly young children having access to unfiltered information through the devices that are increasingly common in [more]

Mr. Speaker, certainly we have much to learn from Canadians of different ages on this subject. We all have different relationships to technology depending upon our age. I do think there is much we could learn from members of gen Z, but I will say that as a generation that, in many instances, perhaps most instances, would have grown up with ubiquitous Internet and ubiquitous digital technologies [more]

Vancouver Quadra Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning to present a petition on behalf of my constituents and those living in the riding of my hon. colleague, the member for. C-39 This petition is signed by a group of scientists and academic experts on the west coast who are concerned about legislative proposals put forward by the government. They encourage the government, in particular, to ensure [more]

It's a pleasure. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, colleagues. Good morning, everyone. It's a great pleasure to be part of this committee. I congratulate my colleague on his bill. I'd really like to commend the witness, Mr. Sari, today for bringing forward this particular bill, because I think it has the potential to contribute to a positive cultural change in Canadian society. I'm sure [more]

Thank you for that. In maybe a distinct vein, the environmental component of this bill is important, but I wonder if essentially there might also be benefits for local economies. If a household has to replace consumer goods, especially large consumer goods, the primary economic benefit of that is going to the corporation that produces those goods, that manufactures those goods, many of which, of [more]

Mr. Speaker, today, on the 10th annual Latin American and Hispanic Day on the Hill, I rise to recognize the millions of Canadians of Latin American and Hispanic heritage from coast to coast to coast. From music and the arts to public service to professional sports, Latin American Canadians make vital contributions to our communities every single day. As co-chair of the Canada-Dominican Republic [more]

Thank you for that. I would like to pick up on the item of multi-unit dwellings and, in particular, rentals. You mentioned in your opening statement that one of the challenges with, specifically, affordable rental buildings is that there isn't necessarily a large enough revenue stream coming in to the owner of those properties to finance the necessary retrofits. You referred to the need, [more]

Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, colleagues. Thank you to our witnesses for being here. In particular, Mr. Mari, it's great to see you here in person from Victoria. I really appreciate the effort you've made to join us today. Given your expertise as a home developer in our community, I'd like to acknowledge the role your business has played in building new and cutting-edge homes in a [more]

Thank you very much. I am going to stick with you. I think it's the hometown advantage here. I'm confident that my colleagues will ask excellent questions of our other witnesses, and I appreciate all of your time here today. Can you expand on your comments about the need to make good choices that actually produce long-term carbon reduction, not just the perception of reduction at the cost of a [more]