Dan Albas

Mr. Speaker, I think there is broad agreement in this place about the problem this bill is trying to address. Canadians should be able to access their own health information, and when they seek care, the people treating them should be able to get the information they need securely and with the appropriate privacy protections. C-294 I support interoperability. In fact, I have spoken about this in [more]

Mr. Speaker, if monetizing Canadians' information was important to the government, it would be doing it right across the board. When I walk, Apple owns my health data. When I spend, my bank owns that particular data. That is the problem here, that the government only tries to pick and choose when it believes there is something politically popular. As I said, in the case of this particular bill, [more]

S-5 Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate the member and his intervention. I think it comes down to one thing. It is really easy to pass legislation that forces other entities, in this case companies, usually very large organizations, to comply with particular standards. Again, whether they actually do it or not, they can send in the paperwork required and say they meet all of the requirements under [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his intervention today, particularly given that in 2022, when he was minister of health, there was an agreement between John Horgan and Justin Trudeau for health-sharing information. I asked the then minister for some information about privacy, and his office did send a response. I could read it one way, or I could flip it around and read it a [more]

Mr. Speaker, that is a tough but fair question, and one for which I must show respect to the member. I affectionately call him the sheriff because of his previous career in law enforcement, during which he served his community ably. I would simply say that we can have a rule, but if we do not have consequences, then people are not going to respect the law. The sheriff is absolutely right. There [more]

Minister of Transport Mr. Speaker, I would encourage the member to speak to the hon., who in addition to being a part-time minister of that portfolio is also the government House leader. He would probably have a better read on where things are going. All joking aside, I did not get to address this in my speech, but if we look at Europe, if we look at the United States, that is where most of [more]

former minister Mr. Speaker, I talked a little about the agreement that John Horgan, Justin Trudeau and theconcluded. It was for over $26 billion, over a 10-year period, to solve the very basic problem of not being able to access health records in another province. I asked the former minister what was still blocking that. It is not for a lack of money or a lack of consensus. It is implementation. [more]

Mr. Speaker, British Columbians have waited long enough for a new George Massey crossing. For commuters travelling between Delta and Richmond, families heading for the ferry and truckers moving goods through one of Canada's most important trade corridors, the Massey bottleneck means more time sitting in traffic. This summer, the Liberal government committed up to $3 billion to replace this aging [more]

Go Public Mr. Speaker, airlines should not be able to swap out an airplane and make passengers' rights disappear right along with it. This week, CBC News's special investigation exposed passengers being denied compensation after Air Canada swapped their aircraft and blamed the cancellations on safety-related maintenance. minister Parliament gave the power to close this loophole in 2023. Three [more]

Winnipeg North Mr. Speaker, based on the last question from the member for, it just shows that the Liberals have no credibility on this file anymore. They, under Justin Trudeau, spent and spent without care. Now, even despite having fiscal anchors that they pinky swore they would follow, the PBO has said that they are set to blow through them. In the member's opinion, if he were a credit rating [more]