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Blake Richards

  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Banff—Airdrie
  • Alberta
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $145,439.36

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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Mr. Blake Richards
  • Jun/20/22 5:09:45 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, I think that question gets at the heart of one of the challenges with the bill. I mentioned during my speech the fact that there essentially is a lot of room for interpretation, and a lot of grey area, in terms of how this would all be implemented. I think leaving Canadians in the dark in such a way, when we are talking about essentially censoring what kind of content they can see without even knowing how it would be censored and in what ways, makes for greater concerns than the fact that things are going to be censored to begin with. I think that really gets to the heart of one of the big problems with the bill, and I appreciate the member raising that and giving me a chance to highlight that one more time.
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Mr. Blake Richards
  • Jun/20/22 5:06:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, the member suggested I am seeing things that are not there. I think he is actually right. There are some things I am seeing that are not there. What I am seeing that is not there is the idea of freedom from the government, the idea of respecting people's rights, the idea that we can actually let Canadians choose for themselves what they want to see on the Internet, what they want to see on their social media and what they do not, and the idea that we can actually enable Canadian content producers to produce the great content they produce without the need for the government to prop them up with censorship. Those are the things I am seeing that are not there. Those are the things the government is doing, and those things should not be there.
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