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Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians

Alex Ruff

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians
  • Conservative
  • Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 68%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $91,173.06

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Context: House Hansard - 299 - Apr/15/24
Mr. Alex Ruff
  • Apr/15/24 11:22:36 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my whole point is to increase the level of education and, I would argue, parliamentary oversight. I talked at length about accountability and transparency. Ultimately, all of us in this place were elected to represent Canadians. There is a huge demand, and I am sure the member has heard from some of his constituents, asking why they cannot know about certain things. In reality, there are legitimate reasons why we need to protect information. I am just saying that here is a way, through a proper process, that Parliament could actually get to know the information, hold the government to account and provide greater transparency as we continue to improve national security and intelligence in this country.
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Context: House Hansard - 214 - Jun/15/23
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • Jun/15/23 1:27:38 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my good friend and colleague from Bay of Quinte to expand a bit on ChatGPT and the AI risks associated with it. We do recognize there is some great potential for AI. It can maybe help and streamline things, especially with data management and the sheer information overload that governments deal with. However, in particular I note the importance of guardrails and protection, because it is sort of the Wild West out there when we start talking about artificial intelligence.
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Context: House Hansard - 164 - Mar/6/23
Mr. Alex Ruff
  • Mar/6/23 5:20:39 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-26 
Madam Speaker, I suggest that the member ask the member for Carleton, the Leader of the Opposition, to answer that question because I cannot speak for him other than to state that he has put out a very clear, definitive statement condemning the hashtags that were put on some videos, which he knew nothing about. I will leave my comments at that. The last time I checked, we are debating Bill C-26, legislation that is needed to protect Canadians. It needs to be improved and debated to get it right so we can deal with threats of political interference from foreign states, such as the Communist Chinese government. That is of utmost importance to Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 70 - May/12/22
Mr. Alex Ruff (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, CPC)
  • May/12/22 7:45:01 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-13 
Madam Speaker, what meaningful protection does this bill offer to fight the assimilation of francophones across Canada?
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