William Stevenson

Mr. Speaker, I am assuming the bill will go to committee. When it gets there, what does the member see as the division, the line, between, on the one side, what is going to help protect our children and, on the other, free speech? I am lucky that my daughters are both in their twenties now. I cannot really worry too much about them, but I do worry about the future, when I hopefully have [more]

Mr. Speaker, the member talked about the number of hours we are online, and I, too, would be afraid to look at my hours online. C-34 Can the member expand on what he thinks would help to avoid some of the problems they had in Australia, where a lot of the youth are just going around this? How would Billaddress any of the problems they had in Australia?

Mr. Speaker, I have to admit this is not the major issue that I am hearing in my riding. There are a lot of concerns about everything today with regard to being in Alberta. We have had referendum issues, which have sucked all the energy out of the room for quite a while. Parents talk to me about what we are looking at in the future, but they are always concerned that if there is going to be [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to first say that this is all about decisions. We can look at a lot of the choices that are made with regard to Parks Canada. Last year, it gave $2 million worth of bonuses to executives and paid over $400,000 in catering. This is all about decisions. Meanwhile, the Canada strong pass reduced the amount of fees that were collected from those who were visiting, so that reduced [more]

Mr. Speaker, I heard a lot in my hon. colleague's speech. He said that the act would this and that, but from my understanding, it is the goal of the act to do those things while leaving a lot to the commission to figure out how to actually get there. Maybe the member can explain to me how he sees the bill doing these things, rather than setting goals for the commission to do them without [more]

Mr. Speaker, I think the intent and the goals are agreed to by everybody in Parliament. There are a lot of questions that are still left unanswered, and I do believe we will want this bill to go to committee to answer those questions and develop what is missing. I am fully supportive of it going to committee to get those questions answered.

Mr. Speaker, as a gen X-er who has two daughters who are gen Z, I often found myself learning from my children how to navigate social media content. Maybe we should actually be listening to some of the gen Z who have gone through this transition with us. I am wondering what kinds of benefits or protections they can offer in their transition, because they have lived this through their life. Of [more]

Mr. Speaker, with regard to positive things, it is addressing the concerns of many parents. We need to give them some of the tools. We need to make sure the legislation is appropriate and proportionate to what the goals are to help parents going forward.

Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening to follow up on a question I asked earlier in the year about the affordability crisis facing Canadians and the government's costly decisions. When Canadians are working full-time but cannot afford a home, when families are struggling to pay for groceries and rent, and when people are forced to make impossible choices just to get by, Canadians deserve more than a [more]

C-34 Mr. Speaker, the member raised how racism and hate speech are definitely deplorable and should be prevented and punished. That said, how does the member opposite see Billdetermining what qualifies as free speech and hate speech? Who would be qualified to make those determinations going forward with Bill C-34?

C-34 Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to Bill, the safe social media act, and to how we can protect our children online while preserving the rights, freedoms and privacy of all Canadians. Before entering public life, I spent 26 years as an accountant. My work required me to examine details, identify risks and ensure that decisions were supported by sound evidence. In accounting, good [more]

Mr. Speaker, I admire the parenting the member has done. Abstinence from social media is virtually impossible these days for most parents. Even for mine, 15 years ago, it was a bit of a challenge. C-34 Going forward, how does the member opposite see Billaddressing the concerns with how it would apply to different social media? He said the bill would make them responsible, but how are they going [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my hon. colleague for her eloquent speech. There were a lot of things in there that people need to consider. I am wondering about the implementation of some of this. It seems to me that we would be relying a lot on this online safety commission to make and implement the rules. C-34 One thing that came to mind during her speech was false accusations. She [more]

Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives are concerned about protecting children and getting this bill to committee to flesh out a lot of the details so that a lot of the questions we have will be answered and resolved going forward in this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, last week, Parks Canada announced it is cutting the 55-year search and rescue K9 program in Banff National Park. This program is essential to park visitor safety, responding to thousands of calls. Leroy, the last rescue dog, tracked 156 individuals and found 57 people over seven years. This is a small team that has a huge impact on visitor safety. These dogs cover areas 30 to 50 [more]

Madam Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound for his service in the military. In the public accounts committee, of which I am a member, we have had many occurrences where the Auditor General has said that there are different rules for departments versus Crown corporations, and how that is a problem for the Auditor General's dealing with accountability and transparency [more]