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Rick Perkins

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • South Shore—St. Margarets
  • Nova Scotia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $136,927.65

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Context: House Hansard - 314 - May/21/24
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • May/21/24 12:04:10 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, that is a great question. We struggled with it in committee. We took the privacy part first, the first part of the bill, and had it organized by subject areas, so some witnesses would come twice. The problem we had was that by the time we got through that, the government decided that it wanted to limit the discussion on artificial intelligence, perhaps the most consequential part, and we ended up with only about eight meetings on artificial intelligence, which is wholly inadequate to deal with all the issues that have been raised. Of course, it makes it even more difficult when the minister does not share his amendments to that bill before we actually hear from those witnesses so that they can have input on the changes that the government wishes to make.
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Context: House Hansard - 247 - Nov/6/23
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Nov/6/23 3:39:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, as a point of clarification, as a witness—
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Jun/20/22 9:25:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, I also enjoyed our time sitting next to each other during the long hours into the evening on clause-by-clause. We had a lot of fun joking back and forth. That is part of the fun we can have sometimes in this place, regardless of the party. In answer to the member's question, I do not think there is an actual number, but there were dozens more witnesses we were trying to hear from. I do not think the committee ever settled that 20 hours would be the limit. In fact, committees often change the number of witnesses once they are into the committee and say they should hear from more people. We thought we should perhaps hear from a few more witnesses to get a more balanced approach so we could have more discussion about the amendments that were being proposed in clause-by-clause.
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Context: House Hansard - 91 - Jun/17/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • Jun/17/22 10:20:52 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
One witness in five weeks.
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Context: House Hansard - 66 - May/6/22
Mr. Rick Perkins
  • May/6/22 12:13:18 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-5 
On the point of order, Madam Speaker, I believe I witnessed and saw that the House leader for the official opposition rose first.
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