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Martin Champoux

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Bloc Québécois

Drummond
Quebec
Voting Attendance: 68%
Expenses Last Quarter: $108,134.67

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Mar/7/23 1:39:42 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Madam Speaker, I think my question will resonate with my colleague. Personal information protection and security are very important to me. I myself was recently a victim of credit card fraud. I bought a nice couch that I did not even shop for myself. Handy, right? Anyway, as much as I recognize the importance of protecting personal information, I also recognize the importance of protecting victims of cyberviolence. We will be studying an online hate bill soon. My colleague and I may have to work on a way to identify offenders, individuals who attack people online and hide behind anonymity. Does my colleague think the legislative measures in Bill C‑27 could make it harder for us to adequately legislate online hate?

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Context: House Hansard - 165 - Mar/7/23

Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Mar/7/23 12:56:06 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-27

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I will repeat the comments I made earlier for another one of his colleagues concerning the very delicate line between the need to protect the personal information of each user on digital platforms and and digital services in every business and economic sector. There is also the issue of security and how to protect people who may be more vulnerable or more likely to be targeted by online attacks, or cyberviolence. We spoke about this yesterday during an interesting meeting with the two spokespersons for the StopCyberviolence campaign, who directed the film Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age. I would like to know if my colleague believes that we are going to have to do some work to be able to identify and intercept cyber-attackers and to legislate against cyberviolence, while at the same time protecting the personal information of users of online services.

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Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22

Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Dec/1/22 5:13:26 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-26

Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague from Lac-Saint-Louis on his speech. He obviously has an excellent grasp of the file. I put this question to another colleague earlier, after a speech, and it is something that really concerns me. I am asking it again because I do not know if the member was here earlier. We cannot begin to imagine how organized hackers are. They have such a big head start that it will be hard to catch up to them, even if we invest all the energy and knowledge we can in our systems to protect ourselves against cyber-attacks. We have seen companies like Desjardins and Bombardier fall victim to these hackers, who demand endless ransoms. How many other companies have fallen victim to these attacks without us even hearing about it? My question is this. Has Canada been too slow to act? It took Canada a long time to decide Huawei's fate, for example. Does the fact that the government seems to have dragged its feet before finally tabling a cybersecurity plan that appears to have some teeth not mean that we will always be one step behind those countries and organizations that are attacking the computer systems of businesses and governments around the world?

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Context: House Hansard - 139 - Dec/1/22

Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)

Dec/1/22 3:40:32 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-26

Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate my colleague on his speech. Cybersecurity is essential, and it is also a race against time because hackers are becoming better and better organized. They are fast, equipped, cunning and, on top of that, dishonest. That gives them an advantage over us presumably honest people. The government has been slow to act, legislate and get aggressive with cybersecurity. Does my colleague think that there is still time to take the lead in this race, or are we going to continue to fall behind international hacker organizations?

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