“Mr. Speaker, as the parliamentary secretary explained in her very clear speech, Bill C-25 would create new rules around knowingly false or misleading election information. I have been doing some reading because the Prime Minister is a fan of Václav Havel. I learned that his first full-length play that was ever publicly performed is quite relevant to this debate. It is entitled The Garden Party. It warns us about systems where official language becomes so polished and circular that people stop asking what is actually true, and people become sort of fluent in a kind of nonsense. I am wondering if the member could elaborate on the exact guardrails that she would support to make sure the bill targets deception and—”
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Mr. Speaker, Anecdote · 36 wordsI used to be a staffer here.1Off pointI remember a time when we all used our time in the House to inform Canadians, not mislead them, not switch information to sound like what it is not.AnecdotePromise · 10 wordsI really want us to get back to that place.Partly on point
