Chris Bittle
- Born
- February 17, 1979 — Niagara Falls
- Education
- Honours Bachelor of Arts degree, Queen's University; Bachelor of Laws, University of Windsor
- Career
- Civil litigator at Lancaster, Brooks and Welch LLP; Chair of Quest Community Health Centre; Instructor at Niagara College; Seminar leader at Brock University
- Political Experience
- Elected MP for St. Catharines in 2015; Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change; Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs
- Notable
- Youngest MP to hold the Deputy House Leader position in the House of Commons; Apologized to Michael Geist for accusing him of racism.
Where Chris falls on key policy spectrums
Your Money
People & Society
How We're Governed
Land & Community
Chris Bittle won with 34,750 votes (52.0%)
Total votes cast: 66,810
How does Chris Bittle's voting record line up with your values?
Mr. Speaker, to be honest, I am envious of the hon. member, and I hope I can find a way to jump my kids to that point through these difficult times. The member keeps talking about free speech, which is fundamentally important and protected by the charter. To paraphrase, I think it was Jon Stewart who said that social media is to free speech like twinkies are to food. It is highly processed
Mr. Speaker, I start my speech, as many members have, with thoughts of my children. I have a 10-year-old son and an eight-year-old daughter, who are hopefully asleep by this point in the debate. I am living in this wonderful spot where they still like hanging out with their dad and do not have the device that many of us have in our pockets, with constant unfiltered access to the Internet. Having
Mr. Speaker, it is important to have a regulator with some teeth. Again, we can talk about letting parents parent and about the concerns about free speech, which are genuine and need to be discussed in this place, but in the absence of a regulator to enforce the bill and to hold companies to account, it is going to be a challenge. These are powerful companies that are going to do whatever they
Mr. Speaker, absolutely, the bill needs to get to committee. I have been here a couple of years, and I have not seen a bill this size go through unamended. I imagine the committee will hear a lot of the same heart-wrenching stories that I heard, and I hope this compels committee members to act as quickly as possible. I do not envy them. I would not want to go through it again, but it is
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 36th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. The committee advises that, pursuant to Standing Order 91.1(2), the Subcommittee on Private Members' Business met to consider the orders for the second reading of private members' bills originating in the Senate, and recommended that the items listed
Mr. Speaker, we are supposed to bring questions of privilege at the first opportunity available. Even from the member's own statement, she has waited almost two weeks, as there was a constituency week in between, to bring this up. Winnipeg North I agree with the hon. member for. Nothing improper was said during the statement. We talk about misinformation and disinformation in this House on a