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House Hansard - 173

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 27, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 9:18:34 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are obviously concerned about monopolistic practices that the government continues to enable, but one thing Canadians hate more than that is big government, and that is what this bill would do. It is only going to further blow out the powers that be, who are going to regulate the Internet. That is going to make bigger governments. There is going to be more bureaucracy and more headaches for Canadians. Does the member have anything he would like to add to that?
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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23
Mr. Jeremy Patzer (Cypress Hills—Grasslands, CPC)
  • Mar/27/23 9:35:57 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, in his speech, the member was talking about why certain companies in Canada have to pay to support Canadian artists and bemoaning that companies from outside of Canada do not have to. Well, the answer is quite simple. When one is headquartered in Canada, one is required to, right? These companies are international companies. Nobody in this building is going to disagree with the fact that people should pay their fair share when it comes to that. The problem is that we have a regulatory framework that incentivizes those companies to be in other countries and not in Canada. Would the member not agree that if we maybe took a different approach, to have a regulatory environment that would incentivize them to come to Canada rather than stay away from Canada, that might not be a better way to go?
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