“Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by saying how much I appreciated the remarks made by my colleague from Montmorency—Charlevoix earlier in his speech. He touched on an important social challenge that concerns all of us. I have always said that we enter politics because of our parents and that we serve because of our children. The member captured the issue particularly well when he described teenagers coming home at 10 o’clock at night and heading straight to their rooms. Parents can see the light under the door, but they do not really know what is happening on the other side. I am no longer at the stage of life where I am raising children, but I am the grandfather of two little girls, aged four and six. I can honestly say that, throughout this debate, I have been thinking about them. What advice would my colleague offer the government on how to better equip parents to deal with the challenges posed by social media in the 21st century?”
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Mr. Speaker, Procedure · 5 wordsit is the new reality.ProcedureUnearned certaintyClaims · 26 wordsFour-, six-, seven- or eight-year-old children are sometimes more adept with electronics than adults.Sometimes parents and grandparents do not know how to help young people.Reasoning · 11 wordsIt is not about controlling them.It is about helping them.Claims · 32 wordsThe child does not know that he or she is going down a road that is going to hurt them in the long run, that will put their mental health at risk.Unearned certaintyReasoning · 47 wordsIt is up to us to take responsibility for them.How do we do that?Partly on pointWe do it by equipping parents, by having informed parents, by keeping parents in the equation, not taking parents out of the equation by saying that the government will make the decisions.Positioning · 35 wordsWe see that here all the time.The Liberals rise in the House and say how proud they are to intervene in everything and that more and more people need Liberal subsidies to get by.PositioningOff pointClaims · 31 wordsWe want people to be free to make their own choices.Partly on pointIt is important for parents to have access to information so they can make the right decisions for their children.
