Helena Konanz

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's explanation. She is an expert in this field. What would the member say is the most important thing here? If and when this bill goes to committee, what would be the most important thing that would need to be addressed or changed in this bill?

Mr. Speaker, I know much of my colleague's riding is rural, so his constituents have many of the same issues that rural communities have across the country. They cannot access a family doctor. They cannot access specialists. A good example is the Penticton hospital, which is a regional hospital. It services thousands of people and, by the way, it services thousands of seniors, many of whom have [more]

S-5 Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the residents of Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay to speak to Bill. I am always honoured to speak in the House for my communities. S-5 Billis an act respecting the interoperability of health information technology and to prohibit data blocking by health information technology vendors. I am pleased to speak to this legislation as a member of the [more]

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her in-depth explanations. Has data sovereignty been an issue in other countries? I am sure we are following and are quite a bit behind some other countries on this issue. Does my colleague know of any other countries that had problems with their data being hacked or their health system being hacked when they were proceeding with interoperability?

Mr. Speaker, it is very important that health care in this country, in every province, has the appropriate funding, yet we have to make sure that money is well spent. If we do not have our health information going between provinces, or even within provinces, our health care will only get worse. S-5 I believe that we can throw as much money as we want at all the provinces to improve their health [more]

Mr. Speaker, I think there are a lot of things that Canadians are looking for in their health care system, but what they are really looking for is trust. They want to be able to trust everyone in the House. They want to be able to trust the system. If they cannot depend on a program, for example, PrescribeIT, which wasted $300 million, run by Infoway, how can they trust any new program that comes [more]

Prime Minister Mr. Speaker, I really appreciate that theis sitting in the House. Oh, I do not think I am allowed to say that. health minister S-5 I really appreciate that most of the Liberal Party is here, so we can go over, again, the scandal of PrescribeIT and Infoway, as $300 million has been lost into thin air. We do not know why because therefuses to come speak to the committee about it. [more]

Mr. Speaker, in response to the Liberals' inflationary spending, the Bank of Canada this week raised interest rates for the first time in three years. This interest rate hike will hit residents in the communities that I represent hard. This increase directly affects mortgage rates. They will go up. I represent one of the eldest ridings in Canada, with many fixed-income seniors already juggling [more]

Mr. Speaker, the response from the government side shows just how out of touch it is with rural and aging communities and with seniors. The Liberals offer more empty promises, and they refuse to answer for the unaccredited medical doctors they brought to Canada, promising them that they would be able to work. Many are from Canada, doctors sitting on the sidelines while our health care system [more]

Madam Speaker, this is a very important subject. The member across the way mentioned that there would be highly secure age verification. How would this be done? It is not actually possible right now, as we can see with what has happened in Australia with its policies. He also mentioned that the big tech companies would promise to erase the data they store. How is that possible to regulate? He can [more]

Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to bring a voice to a deep and painful crisis unfolding in the beautiful riding of Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay. The people of my riding are being left worse off by the failure of the Liberal government's health care policies. According to the latest census figures, Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay holds the distinction of having the population [more]

C‑34 Mr. Speaker, children need real protection online. Is Billthe best solution? This method is not working in Australia.

C-34 Madam Speaker, children need real protection online. Is Billthe best solution? That approach is not working in Australia, for example.