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House Hansard - 69

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 11, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22
Mr. John Nater (Perth—Wellington, CPC)
  • May/11/22 2:40:53 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, will the government commit to releasing its policy directive to the CRTC before voting on Bill C-11?
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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22
Mr. John Nater (Perth—Wellington, CPC)
  • May/11/22 2:41:43 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister is so proud of his approach, why does he not simply release the policy directive that he will be sending to the CRTC to implement this law? This “just trust us” approach does not inspire confidence in the Canadian people. The government is asking an entity that has neither the capacity nor the competence to regulate vast swaths of the Internet, but the government will not disclose how it will instruct it to do so. Canadians are rightly concerned about how this will impact what they see and hear online. Why is the government asking Parliament to give the CRTC more power over Canadians without telling Canadians what the CRTC will be doing with that power?
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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22
Mr. John Nater (Perth—Wellington, CPC)
Madam Speaker, first of all, I find it passing strange that the minister is citing as an excuse for time allocation that there was a lot of time for debating Bill C-10 in the previous Parliament, so I think Canadians would be interested to know that this is truly just a repeat of Bill C-10 from the previous Parliament. I have a very specific question for the minister. The government is committed to providing a policy directive to the CRTC after Bill C-11 is passed. The government will decide, after this bill is passed, how it will impact things like discoverability, Canadian content and digital-first creators. That impact will happen after Bill C-11 is passed, so we are being told, “Just trust us.” I have a very simple question to ease the minds of many opposition MPs: Would the government be willing to table the policy directive to the CRTC prior to the passage of Bill C-11?
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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22
Mr. John Nater
  • May/11/22 4:55:49 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, we request a recorded division.
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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22
Mr. John Nater (Perth—Wellington, CPC)
  • May/11/22 6:49:06 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, does the member really think that the CRTC is the right entity to regulate the Internet? The CRTC has spent more than 14 months trying to renew the CBC licence. It spent over a year trying to implement a three-digit suicide prevention hotline. It has a chair who has private meetings, and goes out for beers, with one of the largest businesses that it regulates: Bell Canada. The government wants the CRTC with some unknown policy drive to do this. Does this member really think the CRTC is going to be able to regulate the Internet?
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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22
Mr. John Nater (Perth—Wellington, CPC)
  • May/11/22 7:44:42 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, the member spoke about discoverability. This is one of those things that is being left to the CRTC to implement based on a policy directive that the government would send after the bill is passed. Has the member spoke to the Minister of Canadian Heritage? How would he direct the CRTC to implement discoverability through Bill C-11?
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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22
Mr. John Nater
  • May/11/22 10:48:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, on the same point of order, I think if you sought it, there would be unanimous consent to give the member for Drummond a question. I really want to hear what he has to say.
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