1st Parliament, 4th Session, 4th Sitting

The fourth sitting of the fourth session of the first Parliament saw one bill presented.

## Telecommunications Security Act

#### ***Telecommunications Security Act***

The *Telecommunications Security Act* was presented by Conservative MP for Carleton, the Honourable Brentan Lam MP. It sought to strengthen telecommunications security and codify certain practices.

## Question Period

### Simon Mezo

#### **Bill C-10**

Liberal MP for Longueuil—Saint Hubert, the Honourable Simon Mezo MP asked the Prime Minister his opinion on the IRL Trudeau government's Bill C-10, an act that would bring digital streaming sites and social media under the control of the CRTC. Cooper responded that although the question was a little out of the scope of the club, and that although the promotion of Canadian creators and content is definitely a good thing, there were worrying free speech concerns about the bill as currently written.

### Brentan Lam

#### **Greyhound Closure**

Conservative MP for Carleton, the Honourable Brentan Lam MP questioned the Prime Minister about the Closure of Greyhound busses, and how it will affect Canadians with lower socioeconomic statuses. The Prime Minister responded by saying that the government recognizes how it will affect less fortunate Canadians, that the government was following the developments with Greyhound very carefully, and that things like these are the reasons that the government has been promoting public infrastructure and public transit, investing in public transit for cities, and creating low-cost, electric rail lines.

## Statements By Members

### William Cooper

> Thank you Mr.Speaker. I'd just like to recognize the fact that the Canadian dollar has risen to its highest value since 2015, being 83 cents on the US dollar. This is no single person's accomplishment. This is a the accomplishment of all Canadians, regardless of race, ethnic background, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, that they have all contributed to this accomplishment. It is even especially an accomplishment for our resources sector. Canada is a resource-based economy, we have been attempting to transition to a green economy with tremendous success, but we still remain committed to our friends in the resources sector and we would like to just do a moment to recognize all the work that they do to keep Canada successful.
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### Brentan Lam

> Can I also join the prime minister in celebrating Canada's success? So my statement will be on the conflict between Israel and Palestine and I'm sure that members of this house will join me in calling for calm and peace in Israel and Palestine. Over the past few days, we saw the most violent conflict in years. Salvos of missiles fired from both sides - one of them hitting a residential building in the Gaza Strip, another destroying the bus in Tel Aviv.The death toll now stands at 83 and riotshave broken out. And there have been reports of lynching between Arabs and Jews synagogues and mosques set on fire, this must stop because it is always innocent people, businessowners, communities that get impacted the most while both governments and religious radicals are in each other's throats. And there are other threats that we cannot ignore and we must be well prepared for them -that is the possible threat of clashes between Muslims and Jews in Canada. We are already seeing this in Germany's major cities. In Hanover, Munster ,and Bonn, Palestine protesters are chanting anti-Israeli slogans and burning flags outside synagogues. And I want to make clear that - and I'm sure this house will also agree - that Canada will not tolerate any kind of this behavior. The mess in Israel and in Palestine stays in those countries. Here in Canada, Jews and Muslims are all one, big family - Canadians, regardless of their different religious beliefs. We must ensure that there is peace between different religious groups because we have a duty to protect everyone's freedom to practice religion.
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## Members Present

### **Government**

Minister of Health and Indigenous Services