Grant Jackson

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank and congratulate my colleague on her excellent speech. I think she highlighted our broad support for the bill, and the goals and objectives of the bill, while still making it very clear that there are a number of clarity points that we will be discussing with the government at committee when the bill moves to that stage. I wonder if my colleague would provide a bit [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to commend my colleague from Kitchener on her great speech. I wonder if there is anything specific she hears from her constituents, with some examples perhaps, about frustrations with accessing their health care data. Is there something that she really feels could be added to this bill to improve their daily lives?

Madam Speaker, I think my colleague has been listening to some of the speeches of my colleagues who have spoken on the bill, and Conservatives are questioning why so many of the details on the powers of the commission would be left to regulation. Why cannot that be outlined in Parliament so that parliamentarians, duly elected members of this place, can have a say in the powers of a commission [more]

Madam Speaker, I think I made that clear in my speech. If the member for Winnipeg North was not listening, yes, I absolutely recognize the problem and support, in principle, addressing the serious problem of the kids' mental health crisis online and the problem of social media companies exploiting kids through their exploitative algorithms. That is an answer to the member's question. He is [more]

King—Vaughan Madam Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for. C-34 I am proud to rise today on behalf of my constituents in Brandon—Souris to speak to Bill, the safe social media act. As a member of gen Z, I am among the few parliamentarians who grew up with smart phones at school and social media becoming part of everyday life. I got my first phone at age 12, the LG Rumour with a [more]

Madam Speaker, that was an important question. There are ways that tighter strings could be attached to how tech companies run their algorithms, what they are like based on the platforms they are delivered on, and what they look like compared to, for example, the data plans on the devices that kids use to access these platforms and the Internet. Those are just a couple of examples off the top of [more]

Madam Speaker, I am not sure why the member is offended that an opposition member is asking questions of the government. That is how Parliament works. Nonetheless, I think Conservatives have been clear that we support, in principle, protecting kids online. We are looking for more details. Perhaps some of the Liberal members will put more of the teeth of this bill on the record now so that [more]

Madam Speaker, elaborating on that very tragic story that my colleague just raised, I wonder if she feels that the bill in its current format would prevent that situation from happening again. Do we know enough about the bill to make that judgment yet?

Madam Speaker, we do not have to look very far, sadly, to see the tragic consequences of what unregulated AI chatbots can do and the damage they can do to the mental health of a young person. There are ways the government could legislate what ability chatbots could have to give advice on specific topics, like, for example, atrocities in public places, mental health issues and suicide. I hate to [more]

Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs Mr. Speaker, I rise again to ask my fellow Manitoban, the, and Manitoba's only voice at the cabinet table, about the complete lack of major projects and development happening in Manitoba under the Liberal government. The minister's response to my initial question about major projects coming to Manitoba, or the lack thereof, can be described as light at [more]

Mr. Speaker, what an embarrassingly out-of-touch response that was from the parliamentary secretary. I asked about specific, tangible, physical projects that the Liberal government is pursuing for my home province, and all the member had to offer was that he visited it one time and had a 30-minute chat with the finance minister at the provincial level. How typical of the out-of-touch Liberals to [more]