Kelly DeRidder

Mr. Speaker, I completely agree that data sharing is going to prevent harm. I am curious about the data sovereignty aspect of this. What has the government proposed to ensure that Canadians' health care data remains sovereign and protected through the legislation?

Mr. Speaker, this is one of the sensitive topics that we absolutely need to address when this bill moves forward, because there are going to be perpetrators out there who want to access personal health information, as in the trafficking world. We have to make sure that we are able to protect that data, that the data remains sovereign and that it is up to an individual to share that data. How is [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise on behalf of Kitchener Centre to speak to this really important issue. I think we can all agree that every Canadian should be able to access quality health care when they need it, without waiting and regardless of where they live and what they earn. Unfortunately, that is not the reality of our current health care system. Canadians are struggling to find a [more]

Mr. Speaker, I am not 100% sure of other countries that have had their data hacked, but we do hear in the news all the time about different companies that have been hacked. Even AI has been, so there is a real risk there and an opportunity for this information to be hacked. As my other colleague brought up earlier, it could even be a perpetrator who wants information from someone, so they hack [more]

Mr. Speaker, these are the questions we will have to bring up at committee, absolutely. How are we going to prevent data blocking? What regulations are going to be put in place? How would we ensure that it would not just be the conglomerates that are able to play in this game anymore? We have to make sure the start-ups, the innovation and the free market can still compete in this area at the same [more]

Mr. Speaker, my colleague mentioned a piece on Canadian innovation. I would like his comments on how we are going to ensure through this legislation that we do not add red tape and barriers to smaller entrepreneurs, inadvertently creating a market where only the big players can play and smaller innovators cannot compete.

Mr. Speaker, this needs to remain under provincial jurisdiction. Nothing needs to change there, but I think the provinces need to work together to make sure that data can be interchanged. It is extremely important to reduce harm and save lives. As I mentioned in my speech, I know of someone who was given penicillin by accident and died because their information was not transferred from province [more]

Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate that there is tremendous opportunity behind this bill to ensure that we would have data transfer of our health information, but at the same time, we have quite a few questions we need answered to ensure that we would remain sovereign, would be protecting our innovation and that it would still be within the jurisdiction of our provinces. We need to make sure [more]

Mr. Speaker, it is extremely important that we protect data as we move forward with this legislation. It is going to be up to the government to answer the question of how data would be protected and what regulations it would put in place. It is the number one thing we need to focus on to make sure that our data is secure so that someone cannot just hack in and get access to our most critical [more]

Mr. Speaker, one thing in particular the member opposite said that I would like to concentrate on is that we have to look at this through the lens of the patient. I wholeheartedly agree with that, and the lens I am going to look through is data security. If this is implemented across Canada in partnership of course with the provinces, how would we ensure that, first, it would still be the patient [more]

Madam Speaker, I appreciate my colleague's speech on this important issue today. I was particularly interested in the part about health care transfers. It is not a big ask for the provinces in order to provide the health care that Canadians deserve. It does fall under provincial jurisdiction, but they are asking the federal government for health transfers. I would like to know the member's [more]

Mr. Speaker, we get emails all the time about how people go to one practitioner and then have to go to the hospital and re-explain their entire medical history. Then they go back to their practitioner to get a referral and go to the specialist with the referral, and they end up on the operating table if need be. They have to share their information across all those different avenues. That is [more]

Mr. Speaker, it was the member opposite who mentioned that if we look at this through the lens of the client, the patient, we will be able to come to a consensus on how it needs to work. Absolutely, this falls under provincial jurisdiction, and we have to make sure that we are maintaining that jurisdiction as we move forward. However, the conversation would become easier between the provinces if [more]

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague for the gravitas for my expertise. There are some key elements here that we need to discuss. Number one, would we stifle innovation and free market through it? Number two, would the data be protected? Number three, would it be up to the individual to even share their data in the first place? These are three questions that I have, and as we move forward, [more]

Mr. Speaker, I agree wholeheartedly that data transfer between departments and interchangeability are extremely important to help reduce harm in Canada. One thing the member mentioned in her speech is that the bill would lay the foundation for data transferability within Canada, but it would not complete the conversation on data sovereignty. How can we lay the foundation for data transfer but not [more]

Mr. Speaker, there are many parents and grandparents in this room and listening who, I am sure, all want the same thing: to know that when our children or grandchildren go online, they are safe. We want our children to be able to talk to friends, learn new things, play games and research their interests without worrying that someone might be trying to exploit them, bully them or expose them to [more]

Mr. Speaker, I wholeheartedly agree that we absolutely want to keep our children safe. The whole principle of the bill is keeping our children safe on the platforms they are continually using. Every single day, this is where they gather. It is where they play. We need to ensure that tech companies are held accountable. We also agree that this legislation needs to have real teeth in it, [more]