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House Hansard - 172

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 23, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Tako Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove, CPC)
  • Mar/23/23 11:37:38 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, in her last budget and latest fall economic update, our Minister of Finance talked about Canada's lagging productivity numbers compared to those of our trading partners. She even called this “Canada's Achilles heel”. I wonder if my colleague shares that concern. What does he think is the source of the lagging productivity problem, and could he point to some solutions?
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Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Tako Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove, CPC)
  • Mar/23/23 11:51:12 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am very intrigued by the concept of CERB amnesty. I would like to hear some more details about my colleague's thoughts about that. Will there be means testing? I am assuming that applicants for this amnesty would have to be below a certain income or below a certain wealth level. Would there also be inquiries as to why applicants for amnesty applied for CERB when they clearly did no qualify for it? How about the people who decided not to apply for CERB because they knew they did not pass the test? Would they also qualify now for a CERB payment after the fact?
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Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Tako Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove, CPC)
  • Mar/23/23 1:13:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise to present a petition signed by a number of Canadians who are deeply concerned the Government of Pakistan has failed, and continues to fail, to afford protection and legitimate rights to persecuted Christians. A good number of those persecuted Christians have found refuge in Canada, having escaped persecution in Pakistan via Thailand, from where they are able to apply for refugee status. Of course, we welcome them into Canada. The petitioners call on the government to create a special status for Pakistani asylum seekers, who continue to suffer mistreatment in Thailand, in order to streamline and quicken the process for claiming refugee status through the IRCC.
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Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Tako Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove, CPC)
  • Mar/23/23 1:54:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Mr. Speaker, I am reading from the summary of Bill C-26, which would amend the Telecommunications Act to “authorize the Governor in Council and the Minister of Industry to direct telecommunications service providers to do anything, or refrain from doing anything, that is necessary to secure” our telecommunications security. Although it is a laudable goal, those are very broad powers to give to a minister. Does my colleague feel it is necessary to give such broad and unfettered authority to one person?
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Context: House Hansard - 172 - Mar/23/23
Mr. Tako Van Popta (Langley—Aldergrove, CPC)
  • Mar/23/23 5:26:44 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's comments, particularly about not wanting to add more bureaucracy and more red tape to small and medium-sized enterprises, especially small start-ups. I am looking at a study from the public safety committee about Canada's security posture in relation to Russia. I will just read one of the committee's recommendations. Recommendation number 4 states: That the Government of Canada instruct the Communications Security Establishment to broaden the tools used to educate small- and medium-sized enterprises about the need to adopt cyber security standards. Therefore, it is about making education tools available versus adding more red tape. I would like my colleague's comments on that.
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