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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 - 304 - Apr/29/24
Mr. Blake Richards
  • Apr/29/24 6:16:38 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think there is a government right now that has created division in our country among different groups of Canadians, among the regions of Canada and among the different provinces. What we have seen as a result of that is that people, whether Quebeckers or all other Canadians, are looking at the government and seeing that it is tired and does not have anything to offer Canadians other than division, corruption and all the things that Canadians are so sick and tired of. It is time to get rid of the government. It is time to replace it with a common-sense government that will govern for all Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 207 - Jun/6/23
Mr. Blake Richards
  • Jun/6/23 7:41:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, what my colleague is talking about is not a priority for Quebeckers or Canadians. I think that their priority is the economy and the need for life to become more affordable. I just really believe that Quebeckers and Canadians want to see politicians here in Parliament focused on how to make their lives more affordable and how to ensure that we grow better economies, so people have greater opportunities in the future to get into housing for the first time, as a first-time homebuyer, for example. That is what people are looking for here. I may agree with her somewhat that a budget is probably not the right place for something like that. I also do not think it is the biggest priority facing Quebeckers and Canadians to be worried about that. We should be focused on the economy and making sure that we are making life more affordable for Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 174 - Mar/28/23
Mr. Blake Richards
  • Mar/28/23 3:50:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-27 
Madam Speaker, I appreciate the invitation to be heard from a committee. I am not sure that I would consider myself an expert in any way. I know that there will be many whom people need to hear from. However, one of the groups of experts that we need to hear from is Canadians themselves. Canadians are concerned about their privacy. Beyond that, the member mentioned the fact that we need to look at what other countries are doing and things like that. I think that is important as well. I did not get a chance to reference it in my remarks, although I had hoped to, but we know that what is being proposed here is much different from what the EU has in place under its General Data Protection Regulation and even what Quebec has in its GDPR-style regime. I think we will have to consider that and what those implications are in terms of the adequacy of international—
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