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Dan Mazier

Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Conservative

Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa
Manitoba
Voting Attendance: 67%
Expenses Last Quarter: $138,707.52

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Dan Mazier (Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa, CPC)

Mar/27/23 9:49:51 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11 Bill C-10

Madam Speaker, if we want to talk about the bill in particular, let us get to what we are supposed to be debating tonight. On Bill C-10, there was a portion in there that had an exemption for programs and that users could upload on social media. In other words, there was an exemption for user-generated content. I do not know if the member is actually familiar with that term. In Bill C-11, they put the exemption back in. What clause was that? Moreover, in what clause did they actually put an exemption on the exemption? If the member knows the bill that well, why did they put that exemption on an exemption and what clause was it?

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Context: House Hansard - 173 - Mar/27/23

Mr. Dan Mazier

Mar/27/23 9:14:47 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Mr. Speaker, if the people across the way want to listen, here is the quote from Michael Geist. He said, “To be clear, the risk with these rules is not that the government will restrict the ability for Canadians to speak, but rather that the bill could impact their ability to be heard.” That is the fundamental problem with this. He then continues: In other words, the CRTC will not be positioned to stop Canadians from posting content, but will have the power to establish regulations that could prioritize or de-prioritize certain content, mandate warning labels, or establish other conditions with the presentation of the content.... The government has insisted that isn’t the goal of the bill. If so, the solution is obvious. No other country in the world seeks to regulate user content in this way and it should be removed from the bill because it does not belong in the Broadcasting Act. Bill C-11 was so bad that, when the NDP-Liberal coalition sent it to the Senate, even the Liberal-appointed senators sounded the alarm. It was written so terribly that the Senate returned the legislation back to the House of Commons with 29 amendments. I found it interesting that the Liberal-appointed senators, after hearing from experts, proposed an amendment that would reduce the amount of regulation that Bill C-11 would have on social media, but guess what? The minister has already indicated that the Liberals will reject the amendment, which came from their own senators. If the government is unwilling to listen to its own senators, how can Canadians believe they will be heard? There is a reason I am here with my Conservative colleagues at nine o'clock at night to oppose Bill C-11. Canadians want the Liberal government to keep its hands off the Internet. Although this may be our last chance to stop this bill in this Parliament, Canadians can be hopeful knowing that it will be killed once Conservatives are elected to clean up the Liberal government's mess. Until then, I will, once again, be voting against Bill C-11.

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Context: House Hansard - 69 - May/11/22

Mr. Dan Mazier

May/11/22 9:15:17 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-11

Mr. Speaker, I think we understand that we look far beyond Quebec. I think we have to remember that this is a bill for all of Canada. I would ask the member to consider this for a minute. Can he imagine if Quebec artists said they had great songs or great movies and the CRTC said they do not quite meet the Canadian content? How would he feel about that? We do not know. That is the problem. The government has not supplied the directive to the CRTC yet, and that is the biggest problem with this bill.

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