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House Hansard - 139

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 1, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Dec/1/22 3:44:26 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, that was a very interesting intervention. I am not a specialist in cybersecurity, so I am finding this debate very informative. I guess one of the questions I have is about how we balance the need for cybersecurity with the need for transparency. That is really what the big question is for this. How do we make it effective but also adhere to the Canadian values of transparency, human rights and whatnot? I wonder if the member has anything to say about the fact—
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Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Dec/1/22 4:01:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, I want to take a moment to apologize to the interpreters for when I completely forgot my headset previously. I am not feeling my best, and I am obviously not on my game. I want to thank my colleague for his intervention today. It was very interesting. I agree with my colleagues from the Conservative Party that we are very late to the game, but I think it is vital that we get it right. It is just so important that we do that balance. One of the concerns we are hearing from the stakeholders we have spoken to is that this bill has orders that will be exempt from the Statutory Instruments Act. Therefore, it would be unable to be reviewed under scrutiny at the regulations committee. Could the member speak to why the government made that decision?
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Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Dec/1/22 5:17:07 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, my colleague and I spent a lot of the day together today. We had an excellent event this morning, which he organized, so I would like to thank the member for Lac-Saint-Louis for that. There is one question I do have with regard to the bill. It has been written in such a way that secret orders could be issued, and they could be kept from being publicized or published in the Gazette. Why was that choice made? Why was the decision made to have that level of secrecy in the legislation?
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Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22
Ms. Heather McPherson (Edmonton Strathcona, NDP)
  • Dec/1/22 5:31:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, my colleague's intervention today was very interesting. He seems to know the subject very well. Looking at this legislation, we have been talking about how it has been a long-time coming, and how we would have liked to have seen this legislation before us sooner. I wonder if, as he studied this bill, he had an opportunity to look at legislation from other countries, and if there is legislation from other countries that we could be emulating and looking at as we try to improve this bill. After second reading, I think all parties want to make sure this bill improves.
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