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House Hansard - 91

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 17, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
Mrs. Rachael Thomas
  • Jun/17/22 10:14:37 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, as we went through this process at committee, there were only five meetings held in total where we heard from witnesses. This is a piece of legislation that takes the Broadcasting Act, which is normally only applied to radio and television, and applies it to the Internet. It is a massive change to the way we do broadcasting in this country, or what is termed broadcasting. For the committee to only have five opportunities to hear from witnesses when there were more than 100 who asked to be heard is inexcusable. There still remains more than half of our witness list who never got an opportunity to have a seat at the table and have their voices heard. If someone were to ask how much is too much, and imply that to give more voice on this would somehow be hindering the process, I would say no to that, as this is a democracy. We want to hear from people.
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Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Jun/17/22 10:18:50 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. The committee did not have five weeks. It had five meetings: five two-hour—
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