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View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
Once again, your party opposes the passage of Bill C‑10, which has nothing to do with content moderation, while the hate speech and online harm bill specifically addresses the issue of content moderation.
Yet you say you oppose content moderation. You and many of your colleagues say that the government wants to take away your freedom of expression. The exploitation of persons bill will ensure...
View Jacques Gourde Profile
CPC (QC)
Well, then, let's talk about something else, Minister. We're not talking about culture, we're talking about protecting our children.
When will your next bill be introduced?
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
As quickly as possible. I can already tell you that your party will oppose that bill as well. Your party...
View Jacques Gourde Profile
CPC (QC)
That is speculation, Minister.
We want to protect our children. Table your bill as soon as possible, before an election is called. If there is an election this fall, absolutely nothing will happen for the next two years.
There are children in Canada who are thinking about suicide. They are not being protected right now, Minister. Why is this coming back into your court? It should have been the responsibility of the Department of Justice. You may not be in the best position to help our children right now.
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
I want to start by saying that the Internet and the sexual exploitation of children on the Internet existed before 2015. Your party was in power for 10 years. On the one hand, you did nothing about this issue, despite the existence of this phenomenon.
On the other hand, the sooner your party stops its systematic obstruction of Bill C‑10, the sooner...
View Jacques Gourde Profile
CPC (QC)
Your arguments are being made from an electoral perspective, Minister. You don't want to help children. Right now they need help and we want to help them. You are not helping us.
You are already in an election campaign. You are making election-minded comments and it's really sad. I'm really disappointed in your attitude, because we are all elected to improve the lives of Canadians. Please stop your electioneering and tell us how you are going to help our children.
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
We want to do several things. As stated in my mandate letter, the bill will make it possible to remove all illegal content within 24 hours, thereby forcing companies to do so. Companies currently aren't doing this. The bill will also help implement an effective and user‑friendly content moderation system. Platforms will be subject to greater transparency obligations with respect to reporting online harms, such as child sexual exploitation, to law enforcement.
View Jacques Gourde Profile
CPC (QC)
Rest assured, Minister Guilbeault, that we'll be there to help you. Don't speculate. This bill hasn't been tabled.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.
View Han Dong Profile
Lib. (ON)
Thank you very much, Chair.
I want to thank you, Minister Guilbeault, for coming to the committee today and talking about a very important topic.
First of all, I want to go back to your opening statement. You cited an increase of xenophobia and Islamophobia in behaviours or speeches online over the recent months. As a member of the Asian-Canadian community, I observe and witness first-hand some of these intolerable behaviours online.
I have to say that the pandemic is changing people's socialized behaviour. More and more, people are spending time on social media. Then we have some of these bad actors using various platforms, seeing them as tools of disguise, seeing them as a protection, and also utilizing bots and trolls and saying all kinds of things they otherwise wouldn't say in public.
You mentioned that children in the country are being victimized, and the platforms are not doing anything. That's precisely what we are talking about today.
We know that social media companies, including the one we are doing a study on, have been acting unilaterally and opaquely. Sometimes they introduce half measures after public pressure, but they haven't been serious about consulting with industry experts and listening to the recommendations of the audience and the groups of victims.
In your opinion, what can the giants do to respect Canadians' will and Canadian law in terms of protecting the general public? It's in their best interest as well, because that's their audience and their client base. A very few bad actors are contaminating the online environment.
Can you talk a little about that?
View Steven Guilbeault Profile
Lib. (QC)
There are many elements in what you said.
First, I think one of the purposes of the legislation is to ensure more transparency on the part of the platforms in terms of their guidelines and practices regarding content moderation, because right now it's very uneven. Some companies have better content moderation practices than others, and some have very little. You're right—they are not transparent.
Some may have rejoiced in the decision of this platform or that platform to ban this user or another user, but under which criteria? Why them and not someone else? This is clearly something we want to tackle. Frankly, there is an issue where we see the very business model of some of the platforms being about creating controversy and nourishing hate speech and intolerance, because it creates more traffic on their platform. Therefore, they can sell more publicity and make more money.
As part of the legislation that will be tabled, this is also something that we as a legislator will need to address.
View Han Dong Profile
Lib. (ON)
Minister, thank you very much for that.
We heard opposition colleagues talk about.... We're dealing with content online; therefore, they suggested that it's your sole responsibility, but at the committee here we heard from the witnesses that the makeup and structure of these companies is designed to get around government regulations. We have a company that is operating out of Quebec but registered in another country, so I understand what you mean when you say it's going to be a joint effort between different ministries and different ministers.
I'll go back to what my colleague, MP Angus, asked about earlier, which I thought was interesting. In your opinion, is Canadian law, as is it currently, inadequate to police what's going on online, to the point that they are committing crimes according to our Canadian values and the Canadian law?
Are our laws adequate at all? If not, what will be the direction? What kinds of changes can we introduce to protect victims?
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